#551E5D#551E5D

#551E5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.119 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E5D
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 93)
HSL	hsl(292, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 35.26, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 43.83, 323.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0941 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.119 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1862, 3.6505, 10.7326)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E5D #265D1E

analogous

#361E5D #551E5D #5D1E46

triadic

#551E5D #5D551E #1E5D55

tetradic

#551E5D #5D361E #265D1E #1E465D

square

#551E5D #5D361E #265D1E #1E465D

split-complementary

#551E5D #465D1E #1E5D36

monochromatic

#150717 #2B0F2F #551E5D #7F2D8B #AA3CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#551E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E5D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E5D	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10325F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.119 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e8b',
    500: '#551e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e5d;
$custom-light: #875e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.381,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34685,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E5D

secondary

#4F9245

accent

#DB4D5F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E5D

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

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