#551776#551776

#551776 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.153 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551776
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 118)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 80.5%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 43.88, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 60.18, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0994 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.153 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3221, 3.8523, 17.4939)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551776 #387617

analogous

#261776 #551776 #761767

triadic

#551776 #765517 #177655

tetradic

#551776 #762617 #387617 #176776

square

#551776 #762617 #387617 #176776

split-complementary

#551776 #677617 #177626

monochromatic

#12051A #300D43 #551776 #7A21A9 #9D31D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#551776 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551776 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551776

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551776	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551776	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551776;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.153 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9e',
    500: '#551776',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551776;
$custom-light: #895c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551776",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.158,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35751,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551776

secondary

#64AB3E

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551776

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

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