#551A50#551A50

#551A50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.112 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A50
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 80)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.02, 34.58, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.02, 39.78, 330.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0986 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.112 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5637, 3.2497, 7.9221)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551A50 #1A551F

analogous

#3D1A55 #551A50 #551A33

triadic

#551A50 #50551A #1A5055

tetradic

#551A50 #553D1A #1A551F #1A3355

square

#551A50 #553D1A #1A551F #1A3355

split-complementary

#551A50 #33551A #1A553D

monochromatic

#170716 #260C24 #551A50 #84287C #B337A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#551A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A50

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A50	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.112 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c81',
    500: '#551a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a50;
$custom-light: #875c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.085,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33375,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A50

secondary

#408B46

accent

#DD584B

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A50

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

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