#551796#551796

#551796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.185 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551796
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 150)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 84.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 51.47, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 76.54, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0899 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.185 299)
XYZ	xyz(9.5563, 4.7460, 29.2608)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551796 #589617

analogous

#171996 #551796 #951796

triadic

#551796 #965517 #179655

tetradic

#551796 #961719 #589617 #179695

square

#551796 #961719 #589617 #179695

split-complementary

#551796 #969517 #199617

monochromatic

#19072C #370F61 #551796 #731FCB #9245E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#551796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#551796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551796

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551796	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.185 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb6',
    500: '#551796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551796;
$custom-light: #8c5eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.291,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38586,
    "c": 0.18547,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551796

secondary

#86C345

accent

#F03896

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551796

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

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