#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
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 91)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 36.74, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 45.01, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0992 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.123 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0039, 3.4258, 10.2405)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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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
##551A5B	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #551A5B

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

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