#551679#551679

#551679 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.157 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551679
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 121)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 81.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 44.95, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 62.15, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0996 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.157 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4837, 3.8857, 18.4412)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551679 #3A7916

analogous

#231679 #551679 #79166B

triadic

#551679 #795516 #167955

tetradic

#551679 #792316 #3A7916 #166B79

square

#551679 #792316 #3A7916 #166B79

split-complementary

#551679 #6B7916 #167923

monochromatic

#12051A #310D45 #551679 #791FAD #9C30D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#551679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#551679 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551679

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551679	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.157 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca0',
    500: '#551679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551679;
$custom-light: #895ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35907,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551679

secondary

#66AE3D

accent

#EC3C7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551679

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

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