#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
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 96)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 36.38, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 45.91, 322.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0954 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.123 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2967, 3.6549, 11.4378)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##551D60	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #551D60

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

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