#551377#551377

#551377 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.158 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551377
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 119)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 84%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 45.57, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 62.32, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.1026 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.158 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3083, 3.7291, 17.7840)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551377 #357713

analogous

#231377 #551377 #771367

triadic

#551377 #775513 #137755

tetradic

#551377 #772313 #357713 #136777

square

#551377 #772313 #357713 #136777

split-complementary

#551377 #677713 #137723

monochromatic

#13041A #2F0B42 #551377 #7B1BAC #9F28DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#551377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551377 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551377

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551377	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.158 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9f',
    500: '#551377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551377;
$custom-light: #895a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35481,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551377

secondary

#60AD39

accent

#EF3977

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551377

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

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