#551576#551576

#551576 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.155 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551576
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 118)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 82.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 44.64, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 61.02, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.1012 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.155 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2839, 3.7758, 17.4811)
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

#551576 #367615

analogous

#251576 #551576 #761566

triadic

#551576 #765515 #157655

tetradic

#551576 #762515 #367615 #156676

square

#551576 #762515 #367615 #156676

split-complementary

#551576 #667615 #157625

monochromatic

#13051A #300C42 #551576 #7A1EAA #9E2CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#551576 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551576 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551576

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551576	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551576	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)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551576;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.155 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9e',
    500: '#551576',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551576;
$custom-light: #895b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551576",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.588,
    "s": 69.784,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35568,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551576

secondary

#61AC3B

accent

#ED3B78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551576

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

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