#551874#551874

#551874 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.150 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551874
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 116)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 43.03, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 58.71, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.0989 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.15 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2247, 3.8457, 16.8813)
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

#551874 #377418

analogous

#271874 #551874 #741865

triadic

#551874 #745518 #187455

tetradic

#551874 #742718 #377418 #186574

square

#551874 #742718 #377418 #186574

split-complementary

#551874 #657418 #187427

monochromatic

#130519 #300E41 #551874 #7A22A7 #9E32D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#551874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551874 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551874

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551874	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.150 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9d',
    500: '#551874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551874;
$custom-light: #895c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35685,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551874

secondary

#63A93F

accent

#E93F78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551874

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

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