#551476#551476

#551476 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.156 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551476
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 118)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 83.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 45.00, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 61.42, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.1021 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.156 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2658, 3.7398, 17.4751)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551476 #357614

analogous

#241476 #551476 #761466

triadic

#551476 #765514 #147655

tetradic

#551476 #762414 #357614 #146676

square

#551476 #762414 #357614 #146676

split-complementary

#551476 #667614 #147624

monochromatic

#13041A #2F0B42 #551476 #7B1DAA #9F2ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#551476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551476 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551476

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551476	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.156 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9e',
    500: '#551476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551476;
$custom-light: #895b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.796,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35481,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551476

secondary

#60AC3A

accent

#EE3A77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551476

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

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