#551477#551477

#551477 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.157 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551477
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 119)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 45.22, -42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 61.93, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.1018 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.157 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3256, 3.7637, 17.7897)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551477 #367714

analogous

#241477 #551477 #771468

triadic

#551477 #775514 #147755

tetradic

#551477 #772414 #367714 #146877

square

#551477 #772414 #367714 #146877

split-complementary

#551477 #687714 #147724

monochromatic

#13041A #300B43 #551477 #7A1DAB #9E2ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#551477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#551477 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551477

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551477	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.157 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9f',
    500: '#551477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551477;
$custom-light: #895b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35564,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551477

secondary

#61AD3A

accent

#EE3A78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551477

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

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