#551A7A#551A7A

#551A7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.154 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A7A
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 122)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 43.60, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 60.91, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0957 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.154 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6278, 4.0754, 18.7934)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A7A #3F7A1A

analogous

#251A7A #551A7A #7A1A6F

triadic

#551A7A #7A551A #1A7A55

tetradic

#551A7A #7A251A #3F7A1A #1A6F7A

square

#551A7A #7A251A #3F7A1A #1A6F7A

split-complementary

#551A7A #6F7A1A #1A7A25

monochromatic

#120519 #320F48 #551A7A #7825AC #9939D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#551A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#551A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A7A

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A7A	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.154 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ea1',
    500: '#551a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a7a;
$custom-light: #895ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.875,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36374,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A7A

secondary

#6BAE41

accent

#E84081

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A7A

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

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