#551E4E#551E4E

#551E4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.104 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E4E
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 78)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 32.25, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 36.64, 331.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0927 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.104 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5857, 3.4103, 7.5703)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E4E #1E5525

analogous

#401E55 #551E4E #551E33

triadic

#551E4E #4E551E #1E4E55

tetradic

#551E4E #55401E #1E5525 #1E3355

square

#551E4E #55401E #1E5525 #1E3355

split-complementary

#551E4E #33551E #1E5540

monochromatic

#170815 #280E24 #551E4E #822E78 #AF3EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#551E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#551E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E4E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E4E	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E374D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.104 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e7f',
    500: '#551e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e4e;
$custom-light: #875e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33777,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E4E

secondary

#458A4E

accent

#D76250

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E4E

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

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