#551889#551889

#551889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.171 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551889
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 47.96, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 69.54, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0935 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.171 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5872, 4.3907, 24.0571)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551889 #4C8918

analogous

#1C1889 #551889 #891885

triadic

#551889 #895518 #188955

tetradic

#551889 #891C18 #4C8918 #188589

square

#551889 #891C18 #4C8918 #188589

split-complementary

#551889 #858918 #18891C

monochromatic

#140621 #350F55 #551889 #7521BD #943EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#551889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#551889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551889

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551889	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.171 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eac',
    500: '#551889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551889;
$custom-light: #8b5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.389,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37474,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551889

secondary

#79BD40

accent

#ED3B8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551889

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

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