#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
RGBrgb(85, 26, 112)
HSLhsl(281, 62%, 27%)
HSVhsv(281, 77%, 44%)
CMYKcmyk(24.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LABlab(23.14, 41.29, -37.39)
CIE-LCHlch(23.14, 55.71, 317.84°)
OKLaboklab(35.57% 0.0976 -0.1057)
OKLCHoklch(35.57% 0.144 312.7)
XYZxyz(7.0398, 3.8401, 15.6965)
Luminance0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

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
##551A701.0011.881.7711.88
#FFFFFF11.881.0021.001.00
#0000001.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.881.0021.001.00

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

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#551A70 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva