#551971#551971

#551971 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.146 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551971
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 41.94, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 56.70, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0985 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.146 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0740, 3.8190, 15.9841)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551971 #357119

analogous

#291971 #551971 #711961

triadic

#551971 #715519 #197155

tetradic

#551971 #712919 #357119 #196171

square

#551971 #712919 #357119 #196171

split-complementary

#551971 #617119 #197129

monochromatic

#130619 #2F0E3F #551971 #7B24A3 #9F33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#551971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551971

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551971	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.146 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d9a',
    500: '#551971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551971;
$custom-light: #885d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35547,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551971

secondary

#60A640

accent

#E74176

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551971

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

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