#551A5E#551A5E

#551A5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.126 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A5E
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 94)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 37.36, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 46.49, 323.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0992 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.126 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1359, 3.4786, 10.9357)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A5E #235E1A

analogous

#331A5E #551A5E #5E1A45

triadic

#551A5E #5E551A #1A5E55

tetradic

#551A5E #5E331A #235E1A #1A455E

square

#551A5E #5E331A #235E1A #1A455E

split-complementary

#551A5E #455E1A #1A5E33

monochromatic

#160718 #2A0D2E #551A5E #80278E #AC35BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#551A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#551A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A5E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A5E	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23375C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.126 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c8c',
    500: '#551a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a5e;
$custom-light: #875c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34263,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A5E

secondary

#4B9440

accent

#E0485C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A5E

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

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