#551999#551999

#551999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.187 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551999
RGBrgb(85, 25, 153)
HSLhsl(268, 72%, 35%)
HSVhsv(268, 84%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(44.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(26.52, 51.50, -57.63)
CIE-LCHlch(26.52, 77.29, 311.78°)
OKLaboklab(39.03% 0.0875 -0.1651)
OKLCHoklch(39.03% 0.187 297.9)
XYZxyz(9.8422, 4.9263, 30.5631)
Luminance0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551999 #5D9919
analogous
#191D99 #551999 #951999
triadic
#551999 #995519 #199955
tetradic
#551999 #99191D #5D9919 #199995
square
#551999 #99191D #5D9919 #199995
split-complementary
#551999 #999519 #1D9919
monochromatic
#1B0830 #381064 #551999 #7222CE #914BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58
#551999 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99
#551999 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551999
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551999#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5519991.0010.581.9910.58
#FFFFFF10.581.0021.001.00
#0000001.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003F9C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003D97
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#433F5B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.187 297.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fb8',
    500: '#551999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551999;
$custom-light: #8c5fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39035,
    "c": 0.18686,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551999
secondary
#8BC34A
accent
#EF399A
background
#F9F5FB
surface
#F1EAF6
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0D0511
muted
#7E7980

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#551999 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva