#551B40#551B40

#551B40 is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.098 H 344.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551B40
RGB	rgb(85, 27, 64)
HSL	hsl(322, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(322, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.38, 31.31, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.38, 32.79, 342.74°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% 0.0941 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.098 344.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0638, 3.0858, 5.1784)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551B40 #1B5530

analogous

#4D1B55 #551B40 #551B23

triadic

#551B40 #40551B #1B4055

tetradic

#551B40 #554D1B #1B5530 #1B2355

square

#551B40 #554D1B #1B5530 #1B2355

split-complementary

#551B40 #23551B #1B554D

monochromatic

#170711 #270C1D #551B40 #832A63 #B23986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99

#551B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#551B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551B40

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551B40	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31353F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B1B2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 27, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.098 344.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c74',
    500: '#551b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551b40;
$custom-light: #875c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.724,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32648,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 344.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551B40

secondary

#418B5C

accent

#DB804D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9ED

border

#CBC5C8

text

#0C0408

muted

#7D797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #551B40

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

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