#551569#551569

#551569 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.143 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551569
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 41.77, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 54.40, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.1038 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.143 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5639, 3.4878, 13.6893)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551569 #296915

analogous

#2B1569 #551569 #691553

triadic

#551569 #695515 #156955

tetradic

#551569 #692B15 #296915 #155369

square

#551569 #692B15 #296915 #155369

split-complementary

#551569 #536915 #15692B

monochromatic

#15051A #2C0B36 #551569 #7E1F9C #A829CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#551569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#551569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551569

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551569	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54273E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.143 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a94',
    500: '#551569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551569;
$custom-light: #885a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34532,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551569

secondary

#52A03A

accent

#EA3E67

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551569

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

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