#551565#551565

#551565 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.139 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551565
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 101)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 40.92, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 52.39, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.1043 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.139 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3631, 3.4075, 12.6319)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551565 #256515

analogous

#2D1565 #551565 #65154D

triadic

#551565 #655515 #156555

tetradic

#551565 #652D15 #256515 #154D65

square

#551565 #652D15 #256515 #154D65

split-complementary

#551565 #4D6515 #15652D

monochromatic

#150519 #2A0A32 #551565 #802098 #AA2ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#551565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#551565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551565

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551565	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55263C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.139 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a91',
    500: '#551565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551565;
$custom-light: #885a91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34232,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551565

secondary

#4D9C3A

accent

#E93F61

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551565

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

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