#551C4E#551C4E

#551C4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.107 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C4E
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 78)
HSL	hsl(307, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(307, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.25, 33.25, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.25, 37.78, 331.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.0956 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.107 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5367, 3.3123, 7.5540)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C4E #1C5523

analogous

#3F1C55 #551C4E #551C32

triadic

#551C4E #4E551C #1C4E55

tetradic

#551C4E #553F1C #1C5523 #1C3255

square

#551C4E #553F1C #1C5523 #1C3255

split-complementary

#551C4E #32551C #1C553F

monochromatic

#170815 #270D24 #551C4E #832B78 #B13AA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#551C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C4E

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C4E	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D364D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.107 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d7f',
    500: '#551c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c4e;
$custom-light: #875d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.368,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33511,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C4E

secondary

#428B4B

accent

#DA5F4E

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C4E

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

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