#551A4E#551A4E

#551A4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.111 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A4E
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 78)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(307, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.91, 34.21, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.91, 38.89, 331.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.26% 0.0984 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(33.26% 0.111 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4909, 3.2206, 7.5387)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A4E #1A5521

analogous

#3F1A55 #551A4E #551A31

triadic

#551A4E #4E551A #1A4E55

tetradic

#551A4E #553F1A #1A5521 #1A3155

square

#551A4E #553F1A #1A5521 #1A3155

split-complementary

#551A4E #31551A #1A553F

monochromatic

#170716 #260C23 #551A4E #842879 #B337A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#551A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#551A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A4E

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A4E	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C354C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.111 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c7f',
    500: '#551a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a4e;
$custom-light: #875c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.119,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33258,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A4E

secondary

#408B49

accent

#DD5C4B

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A4E

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

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