#551A79#551A79

#551A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.153 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A79
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 43.37, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 60.39, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0959 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.153 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5662, 4.0507, 18.4687)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A79 #3E791A

analogous

#261A79 #551A79 #791A6E

triadic

#551A79 #79551A #1A7955

tetradic

#551A79 #79261A #3E791A #1A6E79

square

#551A79 #79261A #3E791A #1A6E79

split-complementary

#551A79 #6E791A #1A7926

monochromatic

#120519 #320F47 #551A79 #7825AB #9A39D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#551A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#551A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A79

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A79	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.153 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da0',
    500: '#551a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a79;
$custom-light: #895da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.263,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36292,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A79

secondary

#6AAD41

accent

#E84080

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A79

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

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