#551689#551689

#551689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.173 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551689
RGBrgb(85, 22, 137)
HSLhsl(273, 72%, 31%)
HSVhsv(273, 84%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(38%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LABlab(24.68, 48.69, -50.76)
CIE-LCHlch(24.68, 70.33, 313.81°)
OKLaboklab(37.3% 0.095 -0.1449)
OKLCHoklch(37.3% 0.173 303.3)
XYZxyz(8.5475, 4.3113, 24.0439)
Luminance0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551689 #4A8916
analogous
#1C1689 #551689 #891683
triadic
#551689 #895516 #168955
tetradic
#551689 #891C16 #4A8916 #168389
square
#551689 #891C16 #4A8916 #168389
split-complementary
#551689 #838916 #16891C
monochromatic
#140520 #340E54 #551689 #761EBE #953ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28
#551689 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86
#551689 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551689
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551689#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5516891.0011.281.8611.28
#FFFFFF11.281.0021.001.00
#0000001.8621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.281.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00398C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003A87
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4A3651
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.173 303.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5dac',
    500: '#551689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551689;
$custom-light: #8b5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.87,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37302,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551689
secondary
#77BD3E
accent
#EF398B
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0D0510
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#551689 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva