#551577#551577

#551577 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.156 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551577
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 119)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 82.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 44.86, -42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 61.53, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.101 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.156 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3436, 3.7997, 17.7957)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551577 #377715

analogous

#241577 #551577 #771568

triadic

#551577 #775515 #157755

tetradic

#551577 #772415 #377715 #156877

square

#551577 #772415 #377715 #156877

split-complementary

#551577 #687715 #157724

monochromatic

#13051A #300C43 #551577 #7A1EAB #9E2DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#551577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#551577 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551577

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551577	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.156 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9f',
    500: '#551577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551577;
$custom-light: #895b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35651,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551577

secondary

#63AD3B

accent

#ED3B79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551577

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

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