#551C4F#551C4F

#551C4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.108 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C4F
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 79)
HSL	hsl(306, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 33.44, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 38.23, 330.99°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0957 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.108 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5728, 3.3267, 7.7442)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C4F #1C5522

analogous

#3F1C55 #551C4F #551C33

triadic

#551C4F #4F551C #1C4F55

tetradic

#551C4F #553F1C #1C5522 #1C3355

square

#551C4F #553F1C #1C5522 #1C3355

split-complementary

#551C4F #33551C #1C553F

monochromatic

#170815 #270D24 #551C4F #832B7A #B13AA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#551C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551C4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C4F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C4F	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C364D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.108 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d80',
    500: '#551c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c4f;
$custom-light: #875d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33568,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C4F

secondary

#428B4A

accent

#DA5D4E

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C4F

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

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