#551F4E#551F4E

#551F4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.102 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F4E
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 78)
HSL	hsl(308, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(308, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 31.74, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 36.05, 331.70°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0912 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.102 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6114, 3.4617, 7.5789)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F4E #1F5526

analogous

#411F55 #551F4E #551F33

triadic

#551F4E #4E551F #1F4E55

tetradic

#551F4E #55411F #1F5526 #1F3355

square

#551F4E #55411F #1F5526 #1F3355

split-complementary

#551F4E #33551F #1F5541

monochromatic

#160815 #280F25 #551F4E #822F77 #AF40A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#551F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#551F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F4E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F4E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E374D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.102 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875e7f',
    500: '#551f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f4e;
$custom-light: #875e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33914,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F4E

secondary

#468A4F

accent

#D66352

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B050A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F4E

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

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