#551490#551490

#551490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.182 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551490
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 86.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 51.02, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 74.61, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.094 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.182 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0293, 4.4452, 26.7624)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551490 #4F9014

analogous

#171490 #551490 #90148D

triadic

#551490 #905514 #149055

tetradic

#551490 #901714 #4F9014 #148D90

square

#551490 #901714 #4F9014 #148D90

split-complementary

#551490 #8D9014 #149017

monochromatic

#160525 #350D5A #551490 #751BC6 #933BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#551490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#551490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551490

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551490	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.182 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5cb2',
    500: '#551490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551490;
$custom-light: #8c5cb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.452,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37788,
    "c": 0.18186,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551490

secondary

#7DC33D

accent

#F2368F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551490

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

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