#551E57#551E57

#551E57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.113 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E57
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 87)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 65.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 34.02, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 40.86, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0938 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.113 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9308, 3.5483, 9.3875)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E57 #20571E

analogous

#381E57 #551E57 #571E3C

triadic

#551E57 #57551E #1E5755

tetradic

#551E57 #57381E #20571E #1E3C57

square

#551E57 #57381E #20571E #1E3C57

split-complementary

#551E57 #3C571E #1E5738

monochromatic

#160817 #290E29 #551E57 #812E85 #AE3DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#551E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E57

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E57	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.113 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e86',
    500: '#551e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e57;
$custom-light: #875e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34305,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E57

secondary

#478C45

accent

#D85054

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E57

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

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