#551A6F#551A6F

#551A6F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.143 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A6F
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 111)
HSL	hsl(282, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(282, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 41.06, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 55.19, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0978 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.143 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9844, 3.8180, 15.4049)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A6F #346F1A

analogous

#2B1A6F #551A6F #6F1A5F

triadic

#551A6F #6F551A #1A6F55

tetradic

#551A6F #6F2B1A #346F1A #1A5F6F

square

#551A6F #6F2B1A #346F1A #1A5F6F

split-complementary

#551A6F #5F6F1A #1A6F2B

monochromatic

#130619 #2F0E3D #551A6F #7B26A1 #A034CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#551A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A6F

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A6F	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.143 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d99',
    500: '#551a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a6f;
$custom-light: #885d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.647,
    "s": 62.044,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35497,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A6F

secondary

#5FA441

accent

#E54374

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A6F

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

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