#551960#551960

#551960 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.129 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551960
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 96)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 74%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 38.22, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 48.00, 322.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.1004 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.129 321)
XYZ	xyz(6.2050, 3.4714, 11.4073)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551960 #246019

analogous

#311960 #551960 #601947

triadic

#551960 #605519 #196055

tetradic

#551960 #603119 #246019 #194760

square

#551960 #603119 #246019 #194760

split-complementary

#551960 #476019 #196031

monochromatic

#150618 #2A0C2F #551960 #802691 #AB32C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#551960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#551960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551960

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551960	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.129 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c8d',
    500: '#551960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551960;
$custom-light: #885c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34287,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.03471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551960

secondary

#4C963F

accent

#E2465E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551960

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

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