#551E6E#551E6E

#551E6E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.137 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E6E
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 110)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 39.03, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 52.64, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0934 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.137 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0246, 3.9858, 15.1481)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E6E #376E1E

analogous

#2D1E6E #551E6E #6E1E5F

triadic

#551E6E #6E551E #1E6E55

tetradic

#551E6E #6E2D1E #376E1E #1E5F6E

square

#551E6E #6E2D1E #376E1E #1E5F6E

split-complementary

#551E6E #5F6E1E #1E6E2D

monochromatic

#130718 #30113E #551E6E #7A2B9E #9E3CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#551E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#551E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E6E

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E6E	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18396C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.137 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f98',
    500: '#551e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e6e;
$custom-light: #885f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35875,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E6E

secondary

#63A246

accent

#E04777

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E6E

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

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