#551699#551699

#551699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.189 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551699
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 85.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 52.54, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 78.42, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0895 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.189 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7815, 4.8048, 30.5429)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551699 #5A9916

analogous

#161999 #551699 #971699

triadic

#551699 #995516 #169955

tetradic

#551699 #991619 #5A9916 #169997

square

#551699 #991619 #5A9916 #169997

split-complementary

#551699 #999716 #199916

monochromatic

#1A072E #370E63 #551699 #731ECF #9245E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#551699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#551699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551699

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551699	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.189 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb8',
    500: '#551699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551699;
$custom-light: #8c5eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.855,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38792,
    "c": 0.18925,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551699

secondary

#88C546

accent

#F13697

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551699

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

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