#551759#551759

#551759 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.125 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551759
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 89)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(296, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 37.66, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 45.54, 325.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.1029 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.125 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8557, 3.2657, 9.7712)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551759 #1B5917

analogous

#341759 #551759 #59173C

triadic

#551759 #595517 #175955

tetradic

#551759 #593417 #1B5917 #173C59

square

#551759 #593417 #1B5917 #173C59

split-complementary

#551759 #3C5917 #175934

monochromatic

#170618 #270A28 #551759 #83248A #B230BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#551759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551759 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551759

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551759	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.125 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b88',
    500: '#551759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551759;
$custom-light: #875b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33593,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551759

secondary

#41903C

accent

#E2464F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551759

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

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