#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
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 51.50, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 77.29, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0875 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.187 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8422, 4.9263, 30.5631)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##551999	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #551999

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

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