#551890#551890

#551890 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.179 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551890
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 83.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 49.66, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 73.12, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0913 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.179 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1057, 4.5981, 26.7879)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551890 #539018

analogous

#191890 #551890 #90188F

triadic

#551890 #905518 #189055

tetradic

#551890 #901918 #539018 #188F90

square

#551890 #901918 #539018 #188F90

split-complementary

#551890 #8F9018 #189019

monochromatic

#170727 #360F5C #551890 #7421C4 #9343E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#551890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#551890 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551890

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551890	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.179 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eb1',
    500: '#551890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551890;
$custom-light: #8b5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3811,
    "c": 0.17856,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551890

secondary

#81C043

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551890

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

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