#551686#551686

#551686 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.170 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551686
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 134)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 47.98, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 68.80, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.096 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.17 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3353, 4.2264, 22.9263)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551686 #478616

analogous

#1D1686 #551686 #86167F

triadic

#551686 #865516 #168655

tetradic

#551686 #861D16 #478616 #167F86

square

#551686 #861D16 #478616 #167F86

split-complementary

#551686 #7F8616 #16861D

monochromatic

#12051D #340D51 #551686 #761FBB #9638DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#551686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#551686 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551686

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551686	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B354F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.170 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5caa',
    500: '#551686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551686;
$custom-light: #8a5caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37032,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551686

secondary

#74BA3E

accent

#EF3989

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551686

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

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