#551575#551575

#551575 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.154 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551575
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 117)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 82.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 44.41, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 60.51, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.1015 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.155 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2247, 3.7522, 17.1698)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551575 #357515

analogous

#251575 #551575 #751565

triadic

#551575 #755515 #157555

tetradic

#551575 #752515 #357515 #156575

square

#551575 #752515 #357515 #156575

split-complementary

#551575 #657515 #157525

monochromatic

#13051A #2F0C41 #551575 #7B1EA9 #9F2BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#551575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551575 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551575

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551575	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.154 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9d',
    500: '#551575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551575;
$custom-light: #895b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35485,
    "c": 0.1545,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551575

secondary

#60AB3B

accent

#EC3B76

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551575

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

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