#551574#551574

#551574 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.154 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551574
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 116)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 81.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 44.19, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 60.00, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.1017 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.154 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1663, 3.7288, 16.8618)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551574 #347415

analogous

#261574 #551574 #741564

triadic

#551574 #745515 #157455

tetradic

#551574 #742615 #347415 #156474

square

#551574 #742615 #347415 #156474

split-complementary

#551574 #647415 #157426

monochromatic

#13051A #2F0C40 #551574 #7B1EA8 #A02BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#551574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551574 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551574

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551574	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.154 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9d',
    500: '#551574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551574;
$custom-light: #895b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.421,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35403,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551574

secondary

#5FAA3B

accent

#EC3C75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551574

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

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