#551379#551379

#551379 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.160 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551379
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 84.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 46.02, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 63.33, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.1021 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.16 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4297, 3.7777, 18.4232)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551379 #377913

analogous

#221379 #551379 #79136A

triadic

#551379 #795513 #137955

tetradic

#551379 #792213 #377913 #136A79

square

#551379 #792213 #377913 #136A79

split-complementary

#551379 #6A7913 #137922

monochromatic

#13041A #300B44 #551379 #7A1BAE #9E29DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#551379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551379 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551379

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551379	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.160 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba0',
    500: '#551379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551379;
$custom-light: #895ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3565,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551379

secondary

#63AF39

accent

#F03879

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551379

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

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