#551D5E#551D5E

#551D5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.121 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D5E
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 94)
HSL	hsl(292, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 35.96, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 44.90, 323.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0954 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.121 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2058, 3.6185, 10.9591)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D5E #265E1D

analogous

#351D5E #551D5E #5E1D47

triadic

#551D5E #5E551D #1D5E55

tetradic

#551D5E #5E351D #265E1D #1D475E

square

#551D5E #5E351D #265E1D #1D475E

split-complementary

#551D5E #475E1D #1D5E35

monochromatic

#150717 #2B0F2F #551D5E #7F2B8D #AA3ABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#551D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D5E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D5E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.121 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e8c',
    500: '#551d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d5e;
$custom-light: #875e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34624,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D5E

secondary

#4F9344

accent

#DC4C60

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D5E

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

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