#551277#551277

#551277 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.159 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551277
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 119)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 85%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 84.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 45.90, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 62.69, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.1034 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.159 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2917, 3.6960, 17.7785)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551277 #347712

analogous

#231277 #551277 #771267

triadic

#551277 #775512 #127755

tetradic

#551277 #772312 #347712 #126777

square

#551277 #772312 #347712 #126777

split-complementary

#551277 #677712 #127723

monochromatic

#13041B #2F0A42 #551277 #7B1AAC #A025DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#551277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551277

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551277	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.159 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9f',
    500: '#551277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551277;
$custom-light: #895a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.802,
    "s": 73.723,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35401,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551277

secondary

#5FAD37

accent

#F03776

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551277

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

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