#551875#551875

#551875 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.151 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551875
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 117)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 79.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 43.26, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 59.22, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0987 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.151 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2832, 3.8691, 17.1893)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551875 #387518

analogous

#271875 #551875 #751866

triadic

#551875 #755518 #187555

tetradic

#551875 #752718 #387518 #186675

square

#551875 #752718 #387518 #186675

split-complementary

#551875 #667518 #187527

monochromatic

#120519 #300E42 #551875 #7A22A8 #9D32D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#551875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#551875 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551875

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551875	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.151 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9d',
    500: '#551875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551875;
$custom-light: #895c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.355,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35766,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551875

secondary

#64AA3F

accent

#E93F79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551875

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

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