#551B56#551B56

#551B56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.116 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551B56
RGBrgb(85, 27, 86)
HSLhsl(299, 52%, 22%)
HSVhsv(299, 69%, 34%)
CMYKcmyk(1.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LABlab(21.53, 35.27, -22.89)
CIE-LCHlch(21.53, 42.05, 327.02°)
OKLaboklab(33.86% 0.0978 -0.0633)
OKLCHoklch(33.86% 0.116 327.1)
XYZxyz(5.8179, 3.3874, 9.1497)
Luminance0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551B56 #1C561B
analogous
#381B56 #551B56 #561B3A
triadic
#551B56 #56551B #1B5655
tetradic
#551B56 #56381B #1C561B #1B3A56
square
#551B56 #56381B #1C561B #1B3A56
split-complementary
#551B56 #3A561B #1B5638
monochromatic
#170717 #270C27 #551B56 #832A85 #B138B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52
#551B56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68
#551B56 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551B56
12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551B56#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551B561.0012.521.6812.52
#FFFFFF12.521.0021.001.00
#0000001.6821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.521.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#132F58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#283654
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#582336
Achromatopsia (no color)
#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 27, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.116 327.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c86',
    500: '#551b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551b56;
$custom-light: #875c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.983,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33861,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551B56
secondary
#428C41
accent
#DC4C4F
background
#F8F5F8
surface
#F0E9EF
border
#CBC5CA
text
#0B040B
muted
#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551B56

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#551B56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva