#551D60#551D60

#551D60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.123 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551D60
RGBrgb(85, 29, 96)
HSLhsl(290, 54%, 25%)
HSVhsv(290, 70%, 38%)
CMYKcmyk(11.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LABlab(22.50, 36.38, -28.00)
CIE-LCHlch(22.50, 45.91, 322.42°)
OKLaboklab(34.76% 0.0954 -0.0782)
OKLCHoklch(34.76% 0.123 320.7)
XYZxyz(6.2967, 3.6549, 11.4378)
Luminance0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551D60 #28601D
analogous
#341D60 #551D60 #601D4A
triadic
#551D60 #60551D #1D6055
tetradic
#551D60 #60341D #28601D #1D4A60
square
#551D60 #60341D #28601D #1D4A60
split-complementary
#551D60 #4A601D #1D6034
monochromatic
#150718 #2B0F31 #551D60 #7F2B8F #A839BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13
#551D60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73
#551D60 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D60
12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551D60#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551D601.0012.131.7312.13
#FFFFFF12.131.0021.001.00
#0000001.7321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#093262
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#24385E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#56283C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.123 320.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e8d',
    500: '#551d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551d60;
$custom-light: #875e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34758,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551D60
secondary
#519544
accent
#DD4B63
background
#F8F5F8
surface
#F0E9F0
border
#CBC5CB
text
#0C050C
muted
#7D797D

Preview Lab

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#551D60 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva