#551975#551975

#551975 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.150 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551975
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 117)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 78.6%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 42.85, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 58.77, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0977 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.15 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3042, 3.9111, 17.1963)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551975 #397519

analogous

#271975 #551975 #751967

triadic

#551975 #755519 #197555

tetradic

#551975 #752719 #397519 #196775

square

#551975 #752719 #397519 #196775

split-complementary

#551975 #677519 #197527

monochromatic

#120519 #300E43 #551975 #7A24A7 #9C35D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#551975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#551975 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551975

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551975	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)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.150 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895d9d',
    500: '#551975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551975;
$custom-light: #895d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35866,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551975

secondary

#65AA40

accent

#E8407A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551975

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

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