#551D4F#551D4F

#551D4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.107 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D4F
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 79)
HSL	hsl(306, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 32.94, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 37.67, 331.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0943 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.107 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5970, 3.3749, 7.7523)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D4F #1D5523

analogous

#3F1D55 #551D4F #551D33

triadic

#551D4F #4F551D #1D4F55

tetradic

#551D4F #553F1D #1D5523 #1D3355

square

#551D4F #553F1D #1D5523 #1D3355

split-complementary

#551D4F #33551D #1D553F

monochromatic

#170815 #270D25 #551D4F #832D79 #B03CA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#551D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#551D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D4F

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D4F	1.00	12.54	1.68	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D364E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.107 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d80',
    500: '#551d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d4f;
$custom-light: #875d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.429,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33699,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D4F

secondary

#448A4B

accent

#D95E4F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D4F

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

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