#551557#551557

#551557 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.126 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551557
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 87)
HSL	hsl(298, 61%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(298, 76%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 38.10, -24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 45.54, 326.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.1052 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.126 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7347, 3.1561, 9.3221)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551557 #175715

analogous

#341557 #551557 #571538

triadic

#551557 #575515 #155755

tetradic

#551557 #573415 #175715 #153857

square

#551557 #573415 #175715 #153857

split-complementary

#551557 #385715 #155734

monochromatic

#180619 #250926 #551557 #852188 #B52DBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#551557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#551557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551557

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551557	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.126 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875a87',
    500: '#551557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551557;
$custom-light: #875a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33251,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551557

secondary

#3C8F39

accent

#E44448

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551557

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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