#551C52#551C52

#551C52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.111 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C52
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 82)
HSL	hsl(303, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 34.01, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 39.61, 329.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0961 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.111 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6845, 3.3714, 8.3323)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551C52 #1C551F

analogous

#3C1C55 #551C52 #551C36

triadic

#551C52 #52551C #1C5255

tetradic

#551C52 #553C1C #1C551F #1C3655

square

#551C52 #553C1C #1C551F #1C3655

split-complementary

#551C52 #36551C #1C553C

monochromatic

#170816 #270D26 #551C52 #832B7E #B13AAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#551C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C52

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C52	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.111 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d83',
    500: '#551c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c52;
$custom-light: #875d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33743,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C52

secondary

#428B46

accent

#DA554E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C52

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

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