#551E53#551E53

#551E53 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.109 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E53
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 83)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 2.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 33.21, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 38.94, 328.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0934 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.109 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7719, 3.4848, 8.5506)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551E53 #1E5520

analogous

#3C1E55 #551E53 #551E37

triadic

#551E53 #53551E #1E5355

tetradic

#551E53 #553C1E #1E5520 #1E3755

square

#551E53 #553C1E #1E5520 #1E3755

split-complementary

#551E53 #37551E #1E553C

monochromatic

#170816 #280E27 #551E53 #822E7F #AF3EAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#551E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#551E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E53

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E53	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.109 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e83',
    500: '#551e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e53;
$custom-light: #875e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34064,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E53

secondary

#458A47

accent

#D75550

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E53

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

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