#551969#551969

#551969 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.138 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551969
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 105)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 76.2%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 40.15, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 52.57, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0996 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.138 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6434, 3.6467, 13.7158)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551969 #2D6919

analogous

#2D1969 #551969 #691955

triadic

#551969 #695519 #196955

tetradic

#551969 #692D19 #2D6919 #195569

square

#551969 #692D19 #2D6919 #195569

split-complementary

#551969 #556919 #19692D

monochromatic

#140619 #2D0D38 #551969 #7D259A #A531CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#551969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551969 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551969

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551969	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.138 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c94',
    500: '#551969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551969;
$custom-light: #885c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551969

secondary

#579F3F

accent

#E5436C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551969

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

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