#551A52#551A52

#551A52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.114 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A52
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 82)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 34.96, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 40.70, 329.20°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.0988 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.114 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6387, 3.2797, 8.3171)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A52 #1A551D

analogous

#3B1A55 #551A52 #551A35

triadic

#551A52 #52551A #1A5255

tetradic

#551A52 #553B1A #1A551D #1A3555

square

#551A52 #553B1A #1A551D #1A3555

split-complementary

#551A52 #35551A #1A553B

monochromatic

#170717 #260C25 #551A52 #84287F #B337AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#551A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A52

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A52	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.114 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c83',
    500: '#551a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a52;
$custom-light: #875c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.051,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33494,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A52

secondary

#408B44

accent

#DD534B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A52

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

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