#551561#551561

#551561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.135 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551561
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.32, 40.09, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.32, 50.39, 322.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.1047 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.135 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1719, 3.3310, 11.6248)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551561 #216115

analogous

#2F1561 #551561 #611547

triadic

#551561 #615515 #156155

tetradic

#551561 #612F15 #216115 #154761

square

#551561 #612F15 #216115 #154761

split-complementary

#551561 #476115 #15612F

monochromatic

#160519 #290A2F #551561 #812093 #AD2BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#551561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551561

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551561	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D355F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56243A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.135 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8e',
    500: '#551561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551561;
$custom-light: #885a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3394,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551561

secondary

#49983A

accent

#E7405B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551561

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

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