#551C5D#551C5D

#551C5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.122 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551C5D
RGBrgb(85, 28, 93)
HSLhsl(293, 54%, 24%)
HSVhsv(293, 70%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LABlab(22.13, 36.23, -26.59)
CIE-LCHlch(22.13, 44.94, 323.72°)
OKLaboklab(34.43% 0.0967 -0.0741)
OKLCHoklch(34.43% 0.122 322.6)
XYZxyz(6.1372, 3.5524, 10.7162)
Luminance0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551C5D #245D1C
analogous
#341C5D #551C5D #5D1C44
triadic
#551C5D #5D551C #1C5D55
tetradic
#551C5D #5D341C #245D1C #1C445D
square
#551C5D #5D341C #245D1C #1C445D
split-complementary
#551C5D #445D1C #1C5D34
monochromatic
#150718 #2A0E2E #551C5D #802A8C #AB38BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28
#551C5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71
#551C5D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C5D
12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551C5D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551C5D1.0012.281.7112.28
#FFFFFF12.281.0021.001.00
#0000001.7121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.281.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0C315F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#25375B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#56273A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551c5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.122 322.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d8b',
    500: '#551c5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551c5d;
$custom-light: #875d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551c5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34434,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551C5D
secondary
#4C9242
accent
#DD4B5D
background
#F8F5F8
surface
#F0E9F0
border
#CBC5CB
text
#0C040C
muted
#7D797D

Preview Lab

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#551C5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva