#551E52#551E52

#551E52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.108 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E52
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 82)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(303, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 33.02, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 38.47, 329.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0933 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.108 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7335, 3.4694, 8.3487)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E52 #1E5521

analogous

#3D1E55 #551E52 #551E36

triadic

#551E52 #52551E #1E5255

tetradic

#551E52 #553D1E #1E5521 #1E3655

square

#551E52 #553D1E #1E5521 #1E3655

split-complementary

#551E52 #36551E #1E553D

monochromatic

#170816 #280E26 #551E52 #822E7E #AF3EA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#551E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#551E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E52

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E52	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.108 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e83',
    500: '#551e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e52;
$custom-light: #875e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34005,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E52

secondary

#458A49

accent

#D75850

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E52

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

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