#551563#551563

#551563 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.137 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551563
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 99)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.46, 40.51, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.46, 51.39, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.1046 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.137 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2663, 3.3688, 12.1221)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551563 #236315

analogous

#2E1563 #551563 #63154A

triadic

#551563 #635515 #156355

tetradic

#551563 #632E15 #236315 #154A63

square

#551563 #632E15 #236315 #154A63

split-complementary

#551563 #4A6315 #15632E

monochromatic

#160519 #2A0A31 #551563 #802095 #AC2AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#551563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551563 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551563

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551563	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55253B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.137 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a90',
    500: '#551563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551563;
$custom-light: #885a90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34084,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551563

secondary

#4B9A3A

accent

#E8405E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551563

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

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