#551886#551886

#551886 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.168 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551886
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 134)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 47.25, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 68.00, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0944 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.168 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3750, 4.3058, 22.9395)
Luminance	0.0431 (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

#551886 #498618

analogous

#1E1886 #551886 #861880

triadic

#551886 #865518 #188655

tetradic

#551886 #861E18 #498618 #188086

square

#551886 #861E18 #498618 #188086

split-complementary

#551886 #808618 #18861E

monochromatic

#13051E #340F52 #551886 #7621BA #953CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#551886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#551886 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551886

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551886	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.168 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5daa',
    500: '#551886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551886;
$custom-light: #8a5daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.273,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37207,
    "c": 0.16843,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551886

secondary

#76BA40

accent

#EC3B8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551886

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

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