#551A5B#551A5B

#551A5B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.123 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551A5B
RGBrgb(85, 26, 91)
HSLhsl(294, 56%, 23%)
HSVhsv(294, 71%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(6.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LABlab(21.67, 36.74, -26.00)
CIE-LCHlch(21.67, 45.01, 324.72°)
OKLaboklab(34.06% 0.0992 -0.0723)
OKLCHoklch(34.06% 0.123 323.9)
XYZxyz(6.0039, 3.4258, 10.2405)
Luminance0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551A5B #205B1A
analogous
#351A5B #551A5B #5B1A40
triadic
#551A5B #5B551A #1A5B55
tetradic
#551A5B #5B351A #205B1A #1A405B
square
#551A5B #5B351A #205B1A #1A405B
split-complementary
#551A5B #405B1A #1A5B35
monochromatic
#160718 #290C2B #551A5B #81288B #AE35BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46
#551A5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69
#551A5B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A5B
12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551A5B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551A5B1.0012.461.6912.46
#FFFFFF12.461.0021.001.00
#0000001.6921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0B2F5D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#253659
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#572438
Achromatopsia (no color)
#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.123 323.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c8a',
    500: '#551a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551a5b;
$custom-light: #875c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34062,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551A5B
secondary
#479140
accent
#DF4957
background
#F8F5F8
surface
#F0E9F0
border
#CBC5CB
text
#0C040B
muted
#7D797C

Preview Lab

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#551A5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva