#551C65#551C65

#551C65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.130 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C65
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 101)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 37.94, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 49.00, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0965 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.13 318)
XYZ	xyz(6.5102, 3.7017, 12.6810)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C65 #2C651C

analogous

#301C65 #551C65 #651C50

triadic

#551C65 #65551C #1C6555

tetradic

#551C65 #65301C #2C651C #1C5065

square

#551C65 #65301C #2C651C #1C5065

split-complementary

#551C65 #50651C #1C6530

monochromatic

#140718 #2D0F35 #551C65 #7D2995 #A637C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#551C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551C65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C65

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C65	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.130 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885e91',
    500: '#551c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c65;
$custom-light: #885e91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 56.589,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34982,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.03701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C65

secondary

#569A43

accent

#E04869

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C65

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

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