#551884#551884

#551884 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.166 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551884
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 132)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 81.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 46.77, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 66.97, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.095 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.166 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2369, 4.2505, 22.2118)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551884 #478418

analogous

#1F1884 #551884 #84187D

triadic

#551884 #845518 #188455

tetradic

#551884 #841F18 #478418 #187D84

square

#551884 #841F18 #478418 #187D84

split-complementary

#551884 #7D8418 #18841F

monochromatic

#12051C #340F50 #551884 #7621B8 #963BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#551884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#551884 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551884

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551884	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.166 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da9',
    500: '#551884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551884;
$custom-light: #8a5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37031,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551884

secondary

#74B840

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551884

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

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