#551079#551079

#551079 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.163 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551079
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 87%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 86.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 46.98, -44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 64.40, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.1044 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.163 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3821, 3.6825, 18.4074)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551079 #347910

analogous

#211079 #551079 #791069

triadic

#551079 #795510 #107955

tetradic

#551079 #792110 #347910 #106979

square

#551079 #792110 #347910 #106979

split-complementary

#551079 #697910 #107921

monochromatic

#13041B #2F0943 #551079 #7B17AF #A022E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#551079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551079

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551079	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.163 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a59a0',
    500: '#551079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551079;
$custom-light: #8a59a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 76.642,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35421,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551079

secondary

#5FB035

accent

#F33576

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551079

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

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