#551E65#551E65

#551E65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.127 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E65
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 101)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 36.99, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 47.93, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0941 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.127 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5592, 3.7997, 12.6973)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

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Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E65 #2E651E

analogous

#311E65 #551E65 #651E51

triadic

#551E65 #65551E #1E6555

tetradic

#551E65 #65311E #2E651E #1E5165

square

#551E65 #65311E #2E651E #1E5165

split-complementary

#551E65 #51651E #1E6531

monochromatic

#140718 #2D1036 #551E65 #7D2C94 #A43AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#551E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E65

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E65	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.127 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875f91',
    500: '#551e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e65;
$custom-light: #875f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.479,
    "s": 54.198,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35225,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E65

secondary

#589A45

accent

#DE4A6B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E65

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

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