#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
RGBrgb(85, 21, 87)
HSLhsl(298, 61%, 21%)
HSVhsv(298, 76%, 34%)
CMYKcmyk(2.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LABlab(20.66, 38.10, -24.94)
CIE-LCHlch(20.66, 45.54, 326.78°)
OKLaboklab(33.25% 0.1052 -0.0692)
OKLCHoklch(33.25% 0.126 326.7)
XYZxyz(5.7347, 3.1561, 9.3221)
Luminance0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##5515571.0012.871.6312.87
#FFFFFF12.871.0021.001.00
#0000001.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.871.0021.001.00

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

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#551557 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva