#551D65#551D65

#551D65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.129 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D65
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 101)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 37.47, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 48.47, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0953 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.129 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5343, 3.7499, 12.6890)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

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Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D65 #2D651D

analogous

#311D65 #551D65 #651D51

triadic

#551D65 #65551D #1D6555

tetradic

#551D65 #65311D #2D651D #1D5165

square

#551D65 #65311D #2D651D #1D5165

split-complementary

#551D65 #51651D #1D6531

monochromatic

#140718 #2D0F35 #551D65 #7D2B95 #A538C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#551D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551D65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D65

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D65	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.129 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e91',
    500: '#551d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d65;
$custom-light: #875e91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35102,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D65

secondary

#579A44

accent

#DF496A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D65

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

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