#551976#551976

#551976 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.151 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551976
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 118)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 78.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 43.09, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 59.29, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0975 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.151 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3633, 3.9347, 17.5076)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551976 #3A7619

analogous

#271976 #551976 #761968

triadic

#551976 #765519 #197655

tetradic

#551976 #762719 #3A7619 #196876

square

#551976 #762719 #3A7619 #196876

split-complementary

#551976 #687619 #197627

monochromatic

#120519 #310E43 #551976 #7924A8 #9C35D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#551976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#551976 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551976

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551976	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.151 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895d9e',
    500: '#551976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551976;
$custom-light: #895d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35946,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551976

secondary

#66AB40

accent

#E8407B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551976

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

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