#551280#551280

#551280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.168 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551280
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 128)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 47.93, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 67.24, 315.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.1008 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.168 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8580, 3.9225, 20.7610)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551280 #3D8012

analogous

#1E1280 #551280 #801274

triadic

#551280 #805512 #128055

tetradic

#551280 #801E12 #3D8012 #127480

square

#551280 #801E12 #3D8012 #127480

split-complementary

#551280 #748012 #12801E

monochromatic

#12041B #310A4A #551280 #791AB6 #9A2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#551280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#551280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551280

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551280	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.168 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba6',
    500: '#551280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551280;
$custom-light: #8a5ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.545,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36179,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551280

secondary

#69B638

accent

#F2367F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551280

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

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