#551A6A#551A6A

#551A6A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.138 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A6A
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 106)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 39.94, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 52.60, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0984 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.138 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7168, 3.7109, 13.9953)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A6A #2F6A1A

analogous

#2D1A6A #551A6A #6A1A57

triadic

#551A6A #6A551A #1A6A55

tetradic

#551A6A #6A2D1A #2F6A1A #1A576A

square

#551A6A #6A2D1A #2F6A1A #1A576A

split-complementary

#551A6A #576A1A #1A6A2D

monochromatic

#140619 #2E0E39 #551A6A #7C269B #A432CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#551A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A6A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A6A	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.138 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d95',
    500: '#551a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a6a;
$custom-light: #885d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.25,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35118,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A6A

secondary

#599F40

accent

#E4446E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A6A

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

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