#551479#551479

#551479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.159 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551479
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 45.67, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 62.95, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.1013 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.159 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4470, 3.8122, 18.4290)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551479 #387914

analogous

#231479 #551479 #79146A

triadic

#551479 #795514 #147955

tetradic

#551479 #792314 #387914 #146A79

square

#551479 #792314 #387914 #146A79

split-complementary

#551479 #6A7914 #147923

monochromatic

#12041A #300B44 #551479 #7A1DAE #9D2BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#551479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551479

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551479	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	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: #551479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.159 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba0',
    500: '#551479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551479;
$custom-light: #895ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.614,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35733,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551479

secondary

#64AF3A

accent

#EE397A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551479

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

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