#551F75#551F75

#551F75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.143 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F75
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 117)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 40.21, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 55.81, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0914 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.143 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4466, 4.1958, 17.2438)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F75 #3F751F

analogous

#2A1F75 #551F75 #751F6A

triadic

#551F75 #75551F #1F7555

tetradic

#551F75 #752A1F #3F751F #1F6A75

square

#551F75 #752A1F #3F751F #1F6A75

split-complementary

#551F75 #6A751F #1F752A

monochromatic

#120618 #321245 #551F75 #782CA5 #9942CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#551F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#551F75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F75

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F75	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.143 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88609d',
    500: '#551f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f75;
$custom-light: #88609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36527,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F75

secondary

#6BA947

accent

#E14680

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F75

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

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