#551871#551871

#551871 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.147 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551871
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 113)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 42.35, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 57.16, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0995 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.147 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0530, 3.7770, 15.9771)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551871 #347118

analogous

#291871 #551871 #711861

triadic

#551871 #715518 #187155

tetradic

#551871 #712918 #347118 #186171

square

#551871 #712918 #347118 #186171

split-complementary

#551871 #617118 #187129

monochromatic

#130519 #2F0D3F #551871 #7B23A3 #A030D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#551871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551871 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551871

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551871	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.147 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c9a',
    500: '#551871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551871;
$custom-light: #885c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.124,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35446,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551871

secondary

#5FA63E

accent

#E84075

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551871

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

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