#551966#551966

#551966 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.135 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551966
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 102)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 39.50, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 51.04, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.1 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.135 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4919, 3.5861, 12.9180)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551966 #2A6619

analogous

#2E1966 #551966 #661951

triadic

#551966 #665519 #196655

tetradic

#551966 #662E19 #2A6619 #195166

square

#551966 #662E19 #2A6619 #195166

split-complementary

#551966 #516619 #19662E

monochromatic

#140619 #2C0D35 #551966 #7E2597 #A731C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#551966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551966 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551966

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551966	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54283E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.135 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c92',
    500: '#551966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551966;
$custom-light: #885c92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.753,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34714,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551966

secondary

#539C3F

accent

#E44467

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551966

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

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