#554159#554159

#554159 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.047 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554159
RGB	rgb(85, 65, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 16%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(290, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 27%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 13.53, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 17.43, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0363 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.047 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4395, 6.4333, 10.2991)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554159 #455941

analogous

#494159 #554159 #594151

triadic

#554159 #595541 #415955

tetradic

#554159 #594941 #455941 #415159

square

#554159 #594941 #455941 #415159

split-complementary

#554159 #515941 #415949

monochromatic

#110D12 #332736 #554159 #775B7C #96789C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#554159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#554159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554159

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554159	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F465A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 65, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.047 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857588',
    500: '#554159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554159;
$custom-light: #857588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40598,
    "c": 0.04695,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554159

secondary

#72886D

accent

#B86F7C

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDEF

border

#CAC8CA

text

#0B080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554159

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

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