#551885#551885

#551885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.167 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551885
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 47.01, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 67.49, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0947 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.167 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3056, 4.2781, 22.5739)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551885 #488518

analogous

#1E1885 #551885 #85187E

triadic

#551885 #855518 #188555

tetradic

#551885 #851E18 #488518 #187E85

square

#551885 #851E18 #488518 #187E85

split-complementary

#551885 #7E8518 #18851E

monochromatic

#13051D #340F51 #551885 #7621B9 #953CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#551885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#551885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551885

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551885	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C354F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.167 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da9',
    500: '#551885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551885;
$custom-light: #8a5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.578,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37119,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551885

secondary

#75B940

accent

#EC3C89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551885

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

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