#551F69#551F69

#551F69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.130 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F69
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 105)
HSL	hsl(284, 54%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 70.5%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 37.41, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 49.47, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0926 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.13 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7857, 3.9314, 13.7633)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F69 #33691F

analogous

#301F69 #551F69 #691F58

triadic

#551F69 #69551F #1F6955

tetradic

#551F69 #69301F #33691F #1F5869

square

#551F69 #69301F #33691F #1F5869

split-complementary

#551F69 #58691F #1F6930

monochromatic

#130718 #2F113A #551F69 #7B2D98 #A13DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#551F69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#551F69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F69

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F69	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.130 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f94',
    500: '#551f69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f69;
$custom-light: #885f94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.784,
    "s": 54.412,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35633,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F69

secondary

#5E9D47

accent

#DE4A72

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F69

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

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