#551979#551979

#551979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.154 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551979
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 43.78, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 60.85, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0969 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.154 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5444, 4.0072, 18.4615)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551979 #3D7919

analogous

#251979 #551979 #79196D

triadic

#551979 #795519 #197955

tetradic

#551979 #792519 #3D7919 #196D79

square

#551979 #792519 #3D7919 #196D79

split-complementary

#551979 #6D7919 #197925

monochromatic

#120519 #310F46 #551979 #7923AC #9A37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#551979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#551979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551979

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551979	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.154 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da0',
    500: '#551979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551979;
$custom-light: #895da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36191,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551979

secondary

#69AE40

accent

#E93F7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551979

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

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