#551571#551571

#551571 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.151 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551571
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 113)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 81.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 43.52, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 58.47, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.1023 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.151 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9946, 3.6601, 15.9576)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551571 #317115

analogous

#271571 #551571 #71155F

triadic

#551571 #715515 #157155

tetradic

#551571 #712715 #317115 #155F71

square

#551571 #712715 #317115 #155F71

split-complementary

#551571 #5F7115 #157127

monochromatic

#13051A #2E0B3D #551571 #7C1FA5 #A229D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#551571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551571

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551571	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.151 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9a',
    500: '#551571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551571;
$custom-light: #895b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3516,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551571

secondary

#5CA73B

accent

#EB3C72

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551571

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

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