#551D55#551D55

#551D55 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.112 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D55
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 34.11, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 40.46, 327.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.095 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.112 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8253, 3.4663, 8.9548)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D55 #1D551D

analogous

#391D55 #551D55 #551D39

triadic

#551D55 #55551D #1D5555

tetradic

#551D55 #55391D #1D551D #1D3955

square

#551D55 #55391D #1D551D #1D3955

split-complementary

#551D55 #39551D #1D5539

monochromatic

#170817 #270D27 #551D55 #832D83 #B03CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#551D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#551D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D55

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D55	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.112 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875d85',
    500: '#551d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d55;
$custom-light: #875d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34052,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D55

secondary

#448A44

accent

#D94F4F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D55

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

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