#551E72#551E72

#551E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.141 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E72
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 39.96, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 54.75, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0929 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.141 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2473, 4.0749, 16.3211)
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

#551E72 #3B721E

analogous

#2B1E72 #551E72 #721E65

triadic

#551E72 #72551E #1E7255

tetradic

#551E72 #722B1E #3B721E #1E6572

square

#551E72 #722B1E #3B721E #1E6572

split-complementary

#551E72 #65721E #1E722B

monochromatic

#120618 #311142 #551E72 #792BA2 #9B3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#551E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#551E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E72

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E72	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)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.141 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f9b',
    500: '#551e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e72;
$custom-light: #885f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36177,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E72

secondary

#67A646

accent

#E2467C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E72

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

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