#551895#551895

#551895 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.184 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551895
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 149)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 83.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 50.88, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 75.66, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0896 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.184 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4964, 4.7544, 28.8453)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551895 #589518

analogous

#181A95 #551895 #941895

triadic

#551895 #955518 #189555

tetradic

#551895 #95181A #589518 #189594

square

#551895 #95181A #589518 #189594

split-complementary

#551895 #959418 #1A9518

monochromatic

#19072C #371060 #551895 #7320CA #9246E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#551895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#551895 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551895

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551895	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.184 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb5',
    500: '#551895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551895;
$custom-light: #8c5eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.28,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38574,
    "c": 0.18363,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551895

secondary

#86C246

accent

#EF3996

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551895

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

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