#551952#551952

#551952 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.116 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551952
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 82)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 35.42, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 41.23, 329.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.1001 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.116 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6169, 3.2362, 8.3098)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551952 #19551C

analogous

#3A1955 #551952 #551934

triadic

#551952 #525519 #195255

tetradic

#551952 #553A19 #19551C #193455

square

#551952 #553A19 #19551C #193455

split-complementary

#551952 #345519 #19553A

monochromatic

#180717 #260B24 #551952 #842780 #B435AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#551952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551952 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551952

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551952	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.116 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b83',
    500: '#551952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551952;
$custom-light: #875b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33374,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551952

secondary

#3E8B42

accent

#DE514A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040A

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551952

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

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