#551972#551972

#551972 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.147 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551972
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 42.17, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 57.22, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0983 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.147 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1306, 3.8417, 16.2822)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551972 #367219

analogous

#281972 #551972 #721963

triadic

#551972 #725519 #197255

tetradic

#551972 #722819 #367219 #196372

square

#551972 #722819 #367219 #196372

split-complementary

#551972 #637219 #197228

monochromatic

#130619 #300E40 #551972 #7A24A4 #9E33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#551972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551972

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551972	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.147 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d9b',
    500: '#551972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551972;
$custom-light: #885d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.449,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35626,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551972

secondary

#61A740

accent

#E74177

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551972

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

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