#551A6E#551A6E

#551A6E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.142 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A6E
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 110)
HSL	hsl(282, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 40.84, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 54.67, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0979 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.142 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9297, 3.7961, 15.1165)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A6E #336E1A

analogous

#2B1A6E #551A6E #6E1A5D

triadic

#551A6E #6E551A #1A6E55

tetradic

#551A6E #6E2B1A #336E1A #1A5D6E

square

#551A6E #6E2B1A #336E1A #1A5D6E

split-complementary

#551A6E #5D6E1A #1A6E2B

monochromatic

#130619 #2F0E3D #551A6E #7B26A0 #A134CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#551A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A6E

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A6E	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.142 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d98',
    500: '#551a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a6e;
$custom-light: #885d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.143,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3542,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A6E

secondary

#5EA341

accent

#E54373

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A6E

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

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