#551772#551772

#551772 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.149 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551772
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 42.98, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 58.12, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.1003 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.149 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0894, 3.7592, 16.2685)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551772 #347217

analogous

#281772 #551772 #721762

triadic

#551772 #725517 #177255

tetradic

#551772 #722817 #347217 #176272

square

#551772 #722817 #347217 #176272

split-complementary

#551772 #627217 #177228

monochromatic

#130519 #2F0D3F #551772 #7B21A5 #A02ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#551772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551772

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551772	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.149 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9b',
    500: '#551772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551772;
$custom-light: #895c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.879,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35427,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551772

secondary

#5FA83D

accent

#E93E75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551772

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

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