#551A60#551A60

#551A60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.128 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A60
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 96)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 37.78, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 47.50, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.0992 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.128 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2268, 3.5149, 11.4145)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A60 #25601A

analogous

#321A60 #551A60 #601A48

triadic

#551A60 #60551A #1A6055

tetradic

#551A60 #60321A #25601A #1A4860

square

#551A60 #60321A #25601A #1A4860

split-complementary

#551A60 #48601A #1A6032

monochromatic

#150718 #2A0D30 #551A60 #802790 #AA34C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#551A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#551A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A60

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A60	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21375E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.128 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c8d',
    500: '#551a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a60;
$custom-light: #875c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.571,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.344,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A60

secondary

#4D9640

accent

#E1475F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A60

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

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