#551677#551677

#551677 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.155 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551677
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 119)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 81.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 44.49, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 61.12, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.1001 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.155 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3623, 3.8372, 17.8020)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551677 #387716

analogous

#241677 #551677 #771668

triadic

#551677 #775516 #167755

tetradic

#551677 #772416 #387716 #166877

square

#551677 #772416 #387716 #166877

split-complementary

#551677 #687716 #167724

monochromatic

#12051A #300C43 #551677 #7A20AB #9D2FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#551677 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551677 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551677

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551677	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551677	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551677;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.155 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9f',
    500: '#551677',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551677;
$custom-light: #895c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551677",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.969,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3574,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551677

secondary

#64AC3C

accent

#EC3C7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551677

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

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