#551D52#551D52

#551D52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.110 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D52
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 82)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(303, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 33.52, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 39.04, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0947 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.11 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7086, 3.4196, 8.3404)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D52 #1D5520

analogous

#3C1D55 #551D52 #551D36

triadic

#551D52 #52551D #1D5255

tetradic

#551D52 #553C1D #1D5520 #1D3655

square

#551D52 #553C1D #1D5520 #1D3655

split-complementary

#551D52 #36551D #1D553C

monochromatic

#170816 #270D26 #551D52 #832D7E #B03CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#551D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#551D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D52

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D52	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.110 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d83',
    500: '#551d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d52;
$custom-light: #875d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.214,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33872,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D52

secondary

#448A47

accent

#D9564F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D52

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

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