#551876#551876

#551876 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.152 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551876
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 118)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 79.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 43.49, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 59.74, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0985 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.152 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3423, 3.8927, 17.5006)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551876 #397618

analogous

#261876 #551876 #761868

triadic

#551876 #765518 #187655

tetradic

#551876 #762618 #397618 #186876

square

#551876 #762618 #397618 #186876

split-complementary

#551876 #687618 #187626

monochromatic

#120519 #300E43 #551876 #7A22A9 #9C33D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#551876 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#551876 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551876

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551876	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551876	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551876;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.152 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9e',
    500: '#551876',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551876;
$custom-light: #895c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551876",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.936,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35847,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551876

secondary

#65AB3F

accent

#E93F7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551876

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

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