#551E68#551E68

#551E68 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.130 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E68
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 104)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 37.66, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 49.49, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0939 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.13 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7089, 3.8596, 13.4856)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E68 #31681E

analogous

#301E68 #551E68 #681E56

triadic

#551E68 #68551E #1E6855

tetradic

#551E68 #68301E #31681E #1E5668

square

#551E68 #68301E #31681E #1E5668

split-complementary

#551E68 #56681E #1E6830

monochromatic

#130718 #2E1039 #551E68 #7C2C98 #A23AC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#551E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E68

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E68	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.130 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f93',
    500: '#551e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e68;
$custom-light: #885f93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.595,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35437,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E68

secondary

#5C9D45

accent

#DF4970

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E68

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

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