#551D67#551D67

#551D67 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.131 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D67
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 103)
HSL	hsl(285, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 37.91, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 49.51, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0952 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.131 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6335, 3.7896, 13.2114)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D67 #2F671D

analogous

#301D67 #551D67 #671D54

triadic

#551D67 #67551D #1D6755

tetradic

#551D67 #67301D #2F671D #1D5467

square

#551D67 #67301D #2F671D #1D5467

split-complementary

#551D67 #54671D #1D6730

monochromatic

#140718 #2E1037 #551D67 #7C2A97 #A438C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#551D67 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551D67 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D67

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D67	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D67	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d67;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.131 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885e93',
    500: '#551d67',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d67;
$custom-light: #885e93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d67",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 56.061,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35244,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D67

secondary

#599C44

accent

#DF486D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D67

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

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