#551D53#551D53

#551D53 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.110 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D53
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 83)
HSL	hsl(302, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 2.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 33.71, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 39.51, 328.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0948 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.11 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7470, 3.4349, 8.5423)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D53 #1D551F

analogous

#3B1D55 #551D53 #551D37

triadic

#551D53 #53551D #1D5355

tetradic

#551D53 #553B1D #1D551F #1D3755

square

#551D53 #553B1D #1D551F #1D3755

split-complementary

#551D53 #37551D #1D553B

monochromatic

#170816 #270D26 #551D53 #832D80 #B03CAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#551D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#551D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D53

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D53	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.110 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d83',
    500: '#551d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d53;
$custom-light: #875d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33932,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D53

secondary

#448A46

accent

#D9544F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D53

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

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