#551775#551775

#551775 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.152 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551775
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 117)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 43.66, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 59.67, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0997 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.152 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2630, 3.8286, 17.1826)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551775 #377517

analogous

#261775 #551775 #751766

triadic

#551775 #755517 #177555

tetradic

#551775 #752617 #377517 #176675

square

#551775 #752617 #377517 #176675

split-complementary

#551775 #667517 #177526

monochromatic

#13051A #300D42 #551775 #7A21A8 #9E30D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#551775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551775 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551775

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551775	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.152 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9d',
    500: '#551775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551775;
$custom-light: #895c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35669,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551775

secondary

#63AA3D

accent

#EA3E78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551775

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

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