#551A70#551A70

#551A70 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.144 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A70
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 112)
HSL	hsl(281, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 41.29, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 55.71, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0976 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.144 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0398, 3.8401, 15.6965)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A70 #35701A

analogous

#2A1A70 #551A70 #701A60

triadic

#551A70 #70551A #1A7055

tetradic

#551A70 #702A1A #35701A #1A6070

square

#551A70 #702A1A #35701A #1A6070

split-complementary

#551A70 #60701A #1A702A

monochromatic

#130619 #2F0E3E #551A70 #7B26A2 #9F34D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#551A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A70

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A70	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10386E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.144 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d9a',
    500: '#551a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a70;
$custom-light: #885d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.163,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35574,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A70

secondary

#60A541

accent

#E54276

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A70

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

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