#551877#551877

#551877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.153 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551877
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 43.72, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 60.26, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0983 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.153 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4021, 3.9166, 17.8152)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551877 #3A7718

analogous

#251877 #551877 #771869

triadic

#551877 #775518 #187755

tetradic

#551877 #772518 #3A7718 #186977

square

#551877 #772518 #3A7718 #186977

split-complementary

#551877 #697718 #187725

monochromatic

#120519 #310E44 #551877 #7922AA #9C33D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#551877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#551877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551877

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551877	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.153 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c9f',
    500: '#551877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551877;
$custom-light: #895c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.526,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35929,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551877

secondary

#66AC3F

accent

#E93E7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551877

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

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