#551879#551879

#551879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.155 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551879
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 44.18, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 61.29, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0978 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.155 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5234, 3.9652, 18.4545)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551879 #3C7918

analogous

#241879 #551879 #79186C

triadic

#551879 #795518 #187955

tetradic

#551879 #792418 #3C7918 #186C79

square

#551879 #792418 #3C7918 #186C79

split-complementary

#551879 #6C7918 #187924

monochromatic

#12051A #310E46 #551879 #7922AC #9B35D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#551879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#551879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551879

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551879	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.155 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da0',
    500: '#551879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551879;
$custom-light: #895da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.732,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36094,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551879

secondary

#68AE3F

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551879

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

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