#551590#551590

#551590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.181 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551590
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 85.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 50.70, -54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 74.25, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0934 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.181 301)
XYZ	xyz(9.0473, 4.4812, 26.7685)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551590 #509015

analogous

#181590 #551590 #90158D

triadic

#551590 #905515 #159055

tetradic

#551590 #901815 #509015 #158D90

square

#551590 #901815 #509015 #158D90

split-complementary

#551590 #8D9015 #159018

monochromatic

#160525 #350D5B #551590 #751DC5 #933DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#551590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#551590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551590

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551590	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.181 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db2',
    500: '#551590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551590;
$custom-light: #8b5db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.22,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37864,
    "c": 0.18108,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551590

secondary

#7EC23E

accent

#F13790

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551590

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

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