#551E6D#551E6D

#551E6D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.135 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E6D
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 109)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 72.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 38.80, -34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 52.11, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.0935 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.135 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9704, 3.9642, 14.8630)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E6D #366D1E

analogous

#2D1E6D #551E6D #6D1E5E

triadic

#551E6D #6D551E #1E6D55

tetradic

#551E6D #6D2D1E #366D1E #1E5E6D

square

#551E6D #6D2D1E #366D1E #1E5E6D

split-complementary

#551E6D #5E6D1E #1E6D2D

monochromatic

#130718 #30113D #551E6D #7A2B9D #9E3CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#551E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#551E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E6D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E6D	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.135 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f97',
    500: '#551e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e6d;
$custom-light: #885f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.772,
    "s": 56.835,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35801,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E6D

secondary

#61A145

accent

#E04876

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E6D

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

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