#551690#551690

#551690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.180 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551690
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 84.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 50.36, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 73.89, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0927 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.18 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0660, 4.5187, 26.7747)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551690 #519016

analogous

#181690 #551690 #90168E

triadic

#551690 #905516 #169055

tetradic

#551690 #901816 #519016 #168E90

square

#551690 #901816 #519016 #168E90

split-complementary

#551690 #8E9016 #169018

monochromatic

#160626 #360E5B #551690 #741EC5 #933FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#551690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#551690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551690

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551690	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	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: #551690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.180 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db2',
    500: '#551690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551690;
$custom-light: #8b5db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.984,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37943,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551690

secondary

#7FC240

accent

#F03891

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551690

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

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