#551E60#551E60

#551E60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.122 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E60
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(290, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 35.90, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 45.36, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0941 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.122 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3217, 3.7047, 11.4462)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E60 #29601E

analogous

#341E60 #551E60 #601E4A

triadic

#551E60 #60551E #1E6055

tetradic

#551E60 #60341E #29601E #1E4A60

square

#551E60 #60341E #29601E #1E4A60

split-complementary

#551E60 #4A601E #1E6034

monochromatic

#150717 #2C0F31 #551E60 #7E2D8F #A83BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#551E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E60

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E60	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.122 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e8d',
    500: '#551e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e60;
$custom-light: #875e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34883,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E60

secondary

#529545

accent

#DC4C64

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E60

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

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