#551A56#551A56

#551A56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.118 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A56
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 86)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.37, 35.74, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.37, 42.58, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0991 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.118 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7953, 3.3423, 9.1422)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551A56 #1B561A

analogous

#371A56 #551A56 #561A39

triadic

#551A56 #56551A #1A5655

tetradic

#551A56 #56371A #1B561A #1A3956

square

#551A56 #56371A #1B561A #1A3956

split-complementary

#551A56 #39561A #1A5637

monochromatic

#170717 #270C27 #551A56 #832885 #B236B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#551A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A56

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A56	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.118 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c86',
    500: '#551a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a56;
$custom-light: #875c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3374,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A56

secondary

#418C40

accent

#DD4B4D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A56

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

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