#551883#551883

#551883 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.165 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551883
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 131)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 46.53, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 66.46, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0953 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.165 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1688, 4.2233, 21.8532)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551883 #468318

analogous

#201883 #551883 #83187B

triadic

#551883 #835518 #188355

tetradic

#551883 #832018 #468318 #187B83

square

#551883 #832018 #468318 #187B83

split-complementary

#551883 #7B8318 #188320

monochromatic

#12051C #330F4F #551883 #7721B7 #963ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#551883 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#551883 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551883

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551883	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551883	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551883;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.165 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da8',
    500: '#551883',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551883;
$custom-light: #8a5da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551883",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.206,
    "s": 69.032,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36944,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551883

secondary

#73B740

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551883

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

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