#551E5E#551E5E

#551E5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.120 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E5E
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 94)
HSL	hsl(292, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 35.47, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 44.34, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0941 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.12 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2307, 3.6683, 10.9674)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.26

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E5E #275E1E

analogous

#351E5E #551E5E #5E1E47

triadic

#551E5E #5E551E #1E5E55

tetradic

#551E5E #5E351E #275E1E #1E475E

square

#551E5E #5E351E #275E1E #1E475E

split-complementary

#551E5E #475E1E #1E5E35

monochromatic

#150717 #2B0F30 #551E5E #7F2D8C #A93CBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#551E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E5E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E5E	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.120 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e8c',
    500: '#551e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e5e;
$custom-light: #875e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.563,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34751,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E5E

secondary

#509345

accent

#DB4D61

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E5E

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

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