#551190#551190

#551190 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.184 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551190
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 144)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 88.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 51.94, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 75.60, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0959 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.184 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9796, 4.3457, 26.7459)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551190 #4C9011

analogous

#161190 #551190 #90118C

triadic

#551190 #905511 #119055

tetradic

#551190 #901611 #4C9011 #118C90

square

#551190 #901611 #4C9011 #118C90

split-complementary

#551190 #8C9011 #119016

monochromatic

#140423 #350B59 #551190 #7517C7 #9434E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#551190 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#551190 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551190

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551190	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551190	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551190;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.184 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5bb2',
    500: '#551190',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551190;
$custom-light: #8c5bb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551190",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.126,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37576,
    "c": 0.18406,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551190

secondary

#79C439

accent

#F5328D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551190

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

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