#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
RGBrgb(85, 26, 106)
HSLhsl(284, 61%, 26%)
HSVhsv(284, 75%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(19.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LABlab(22.69, 39.94, -34.22)
CIE-LCHlch(22.69, 52.60, 319.41°)
OKLaboklab(35.12% 0.0984 -0.0964)
OKLCHoklch(35.12% 0.138 315.6)
XYZxyz(6.7168, 3.7109, 13.9953)
Luminance0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##551A6A1.0012.051.7412.05
#FFFFFF12.051.0021.001.00
#0000001.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.051.0021.001.00

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

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#551A6A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva