#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
RGBrgb(85, 30, 118)
HSLhsl(278, 59%, 29%)
HSVhsv(278, 75%, 46%)
CMYKcmyk(28%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LABlab(24.22, 40.91, -39.49)
CIE-LCHlch(24.22, 56.86, 316.01°)
OKLaboklab(36.49% 0.0924 -0.1119)
OKLCHoklch(36.49% 0.145 309.5)
XYZxyz(7.4799, 4.1680, 17.5465)
Luminance0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##551E761.0011.451.8311.45
#FFFFFF11.451.0021.001.00
#0000001.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.451.0021.001.00

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

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#551E76 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva