#551D59#551D59

#551D59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.116 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D59
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 89)
HSL	hsl(296, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 34.92, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 42.40, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0953 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.116 325)
XYZ	xyz(5.9887, 3.5316, 9.8155)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D59 #21591D

analogous

#371D59 #551D59 #591D3F

triadic

#551D59 #59551D #1D5955

tetradic

#551D59 #59371D #21591D #1D3F59

square

#551D59 #59371D #21591D #1D3F59

split-complementary

#551D59 #3F591D #1D5937

monochromatic

#160817 #290E2B #551D59 #812C87 #AD3BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#551D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D59

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D59	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.116 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e88',
    500: '#551d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d59;
$custom-light: #875e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.343,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.03531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D59

secondary

#498E44

accent

#DA4D57

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D59

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

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