#551A4D#551A4D

#551A4D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.110 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A4D
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 77)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(308, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 34.03, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 38.45, 332.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.0982 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.11 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4553, 3.2063, 7.3513)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A4D #1A5522

analogous

#401A55 #551A4D #551A30

triadic

#551A4D #4D551A #1A4D55

tetradic

#551A4D #55401A #1A5522 #1A3055

square

#551A4D #55401A #1A5522 #1A3055

split-complementary

#551A4D #30551A #1A5540

monochromatic

#170715 #260C23 #551A4D #842877 #B337A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#551A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#551A4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A4D

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A4D	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C354B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.110 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c7f',
    500: '#551a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a4d;
$custom-light: #875c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.136,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.332,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A4D

secondary

#408B4A

accent

#DD5F4B

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A4D

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

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