#551C76#551C76

#551C76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.148 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C76
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 118)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 76.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 41.81, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 57.87, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0945 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.148 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4309, 4.0700, 17.5302)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C76 #3D761C

analogous

#281C76 #551C76 #761C6A

triadic

#551C76 #76551C #1C7655

tetradic

#551C76 #76281C #3D761C #1C6A76

square

#551C76 #76281C #3D761C #1C6A76

split-complementary

#551C76 #6A761C #1C7628

monochromatic

#120619 #311045 #551C76 #7928A7 #9A3CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#551C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#551C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C76

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C76	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.148 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895e9e',
    500: '#551c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c76;
$custom-light: #895e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36262,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C76

secondary

#69AA44

accent

#E5437E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C76

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

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