#551A4F#551A4F

#551A4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.112 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A4F
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 79)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 34.39, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 39.33, 330.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.32% 0.0985 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(33.32% 0.112 332)
XYZ	xyz(5.5270, 3.2350, 7.7289)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551A4F #1A5520

analogous

#3E1A55 #551A4F #551A32

triadic

#551A4F #4F551A #1A4F55

tetradic

#551A4F #553E1A #1A5520 #1A3255

square

#551A4F #553E1A #1A5520 #1A3255

split-complementary

#551A4F #32551A #1A553E

monochromatic

#170716 #260C23 #551A4F #84287B #B337A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#551A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A4F

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A4F	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.112 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c80',
    500: '#551a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a4f;
$custom-light: #875c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.102,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33316,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.03235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A4F

secondary

#408B47

accent

#DD5A4B

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A4F

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

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