#551880#551880

#551880 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.162 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551880
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 128)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 45.82, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 64.91, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0961 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.162 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9684, 4.1432, 20.7978)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551880 #438018

analogous

#211880 #551880 #801877

triadic

#551880 #805518 #188055

tetradic

#551880 #802118 #438018 #187780

square

#551880 #802118 #438018 #187780

split-complementary

#551880 #778018 #188021

monochromatic

#11051A #330E4C #551880 #7722B4 #9739DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#551880 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#551880 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551880

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551880	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551880	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551880;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.162 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da6',
    500: '#551880',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551880;
$custom-light: #8a5da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551880",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.192,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36685,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551880

secondary

#70B440

accent

#EB3D85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551880

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

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