#551582#551582

#551582 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.167 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551582
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 130)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 83.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 47.39, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 67.15, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.098 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.167 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0428, 4.0794, 21.4785)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551582 #428215

analogous

#1E1582 #551582 #821579

triadic

#551582 #825515 #158255

tetradic

#551582 #821E15 #428215 #157982

square

#551582 #821E15 #428215 #157982

split-complementary

#551582 #798215 #15821E

monochromatic

#11041A #330C4D #551582 #771EB7 #9833DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#551582 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#551582 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551582

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551582	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551582	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551582;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.167 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca7',
    500: '#551582',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551582;
$custom-light: #8a5ca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551582",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.229,
    "s": 72.185,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36594,
    "c": 0.16725,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551582

secondary

#6FB73C

accent

#EF3984

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551582

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

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