#551570#551570

#551570 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.150 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551570
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 112)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 81.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.44, 43.30, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.44, 57.96, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.1025 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.15 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9386, 3.6377, 15.6627)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551570 #307015

analogous

#271570 #551570 #70155D

triadic

#551570 #705515 #157055

tetradic

#551570 #702715 #307015 #155D70

square

#551570 #702715 #307015 #155D70

split-complementary

#551570 #5D7015 #157027

monochromatic

#14051A #2E0B3C #551570 #7C1FA4 #A329D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#551570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551570

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551570	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A376E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.150 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9a',
    500: '#551570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551570;
$custom-light: #895b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.198,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35079,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551570

secondary

#5BA63B

accent

#EB3D70

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551570

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

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