#551E5A#551E5A

#551E5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.116 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E5A
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 90)
HSL	hsl(295, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.30, 34.63, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.30, 42.33, 324.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.094 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.116 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0559, 3.5984, 10.0465)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E5A #235A1E

analogous

#371E5A #551E5A #5A1E41

triadic

#551E5A #5A551E #1E5A55

tetradic

#551E5A #5A371E #235A1E #1E415A

square

#551E5A #5A371E #235A1E #1E415A

split-complementary

#551E5A #415A1E #1E5A37

monochromatic

#160817 #2A0F2C #551E5A #802D88 #AC3DB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#551E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E5A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E5A	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13315C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.116 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e89',
    500: '#551e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e5a;
$custom-light: #875e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34492,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E5A

secondary

#4B8F45

accent

#DA4E5A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E5A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →