#551A76#551A76

#551A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.150 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A76
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 42.67, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 58.83, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0966 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.15 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3851, 3.9782, 17.5149)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A76 #3B761A

analogous

#271A76 #551A76 #761A69

triadic

#551A76 #76551A #1A7655

tetradic

#551A76 #76271A #3B761A #1A6976

square

#551A76 #76271A #3B761A #1A6976

split-complementary

#551A76 #69761A #1A7627

monochromatic

#120619 #310F44 #551A76 #7925A8 #9B37D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#551A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#551A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A76

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A76	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.150 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895d9e',
    500: '#551a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a76;
$custom-light: #895d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.478,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36049,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A76

secondary

#67AB41

accent

#E7417C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A76

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

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