#551872#551872

#551872 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551872
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 42.58, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 57.67, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0993 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.148 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1096, 3.7997, 16.2752)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551872 #357218

analogous

#281872 #551872 #721862

triadic

#551872 #725518 #187255

tetradic

#551872 #722818 #357218 #186272

square

#551872 #722818 #357218 #186272

split-complementary

#551872 #627218 #187228

monochromatic

#130519 #2F0D3F #551872 #7B23A5 #9F31D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#551872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551872

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551872	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9b',
    500: '#551872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551872;
$custom-light: #895c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35525,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551872

secondary

#60A73E

accent

#E84076

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551872

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

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