#551779#551779

#551779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.156 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551779
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 44.57, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 61.73, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0988 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.156 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5032, 3.9247, 18.4477)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551779 #3B7917

analogous

#241779 #551779 #79176C

triadic

#551779 #795517 #177955

tetradic

#551779 #792417 #3B7917 #176C79

square

#551779 #792417 #3B7917 #176C79

split-complementary

#551779 #6C7917 #177924

monochromatic

#12051A #310D46 #551779 #7921AC #9B32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#551779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#551779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551779

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551779	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.156 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca0',
    500: '#551779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551779;
$custom-light: #895ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35999,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551779

secondary

#67AE3E

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551779

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

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