#551E76#551E76

#551E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.145 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E76
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 40.91, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 56.86, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0924 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.145 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4799, 4.1680, 17.5465)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E76 #3F761E

analogous

#291E76 #551E76 #761E6B

triadic

#551E76 #76551E #1E7655

tetradic

#551E76 #76291E #3F761E #1E6B76

square

#551E76 #76291E #3F761E #1E6B76

split-complementary

#551E76 #6B761E #1E7629

monochromatic

#120618 #321245 #551E76 #782AA7 #9940CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#551E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#551E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E76

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E76	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.145 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885f9e',
    500: '#551e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e76;
$custom-light: #885f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36488,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E76

secondary

#6BAA46

accent

#E34580

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E76

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

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