#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
RGB	rgb(85, 27, 86)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 35.27, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 42.05, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0978 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.116 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8179, 3.3874, 9.1497)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##551B56	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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