#551963#551963

#551963 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.132 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551963
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 99)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 38.86, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 49.51, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.1002 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.132 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3458, 3.5277, 12.1486)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551963 #276319

analogous

#301963 #551963 #63194C

triadic

#551963 #635519 #196355

tetradic

#551963 #633019 #276319 #194C63

square

#551963 #633019 #276319 #194C63

split-complementary

#551963 #4C6319 #196330

monochromatic

#150618 #2B0D32 #551963 #7F2594 #A932C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#551963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551963 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551963

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551963	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.132 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c90',
    500: '#551963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551963;
$custom-light: #885c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.649,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551963

secondary

#50993F

accent

#E34563

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551963

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

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