#551E69#551E69

#551E69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.131 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E69
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 37.89, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 50.01, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0938 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.131 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7600, 3.8800, 13.7547)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E69 #32691E

analogous

#301E69 #551E69 #691E58

triadic

#551E69 #69551E #1E6955

tetradic

#551E69 #69301E #32691E #1E5869

square

#551E69 #69301E #32691E #1E5869

split-complementary

#551E69 #58691E #1E6930

monochromatic

#130718 #2E1039 #551E69 #7C2C99 #A13BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#551E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#551E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E69

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E69	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.131 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f94',
    500: '#551e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e69;
$custom-light: #885f94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35509,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E69

secondary

#5D9E45

accent

#DF4971

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E69

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

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