#551572#551572

#551572 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.152 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551572
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 43.74, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 58.98, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.1021 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.152 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0512, 3.6827, 16.2557)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551572 #327215

analogous

#271572 #551572 #721561

triadic

#551572 #725515 #157255

tetradic

#551572 #722715 #327215 #156172

square

#551572 #722715 #327215 #156172

split-complementary

#551572 #617215 #157227

monochromatic

#13051A #2E0B3E #551572 #7C1FA6 #A12AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#551572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551572

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551572	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.152 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9b',
    500: '#551572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551572;
$custom-light: #895b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.29,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3524,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551572

secondary

#5DA83B

accent

#EC3C73

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551572

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

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