#5518A1#5518A1

#5518A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.196 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5518A1
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 161)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 53.83, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 81.69, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0853 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.196 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5042, 5.1575, 34.1534)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5518A1 #64A118

analogous

#1820A1 #5518A1 #9A18A1

triadic

#5518A1 #A15518 #18A155

tetradic

#5518A1 #A11820 #64A118 #18A19A

square

#5518A1 #A11820 #64A118 #18A19A

split-complementary

#5518A1 #A19A18 #20A118

monochromatic

#1D0836 #39106C #5518A1 #7120D6 #914FE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#5518A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5518A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5518A1

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5518A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5518A1	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5518a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.196 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fbe',
    500: '#5518a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5518a1;
$custom-light: #8d5fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5518a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.715,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39721,
    "c": 0.19578,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5518A1

secondary

#91C74E

accent

#F1379E

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5518A1

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

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