#551980#551980

#551980 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.161 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551980
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 128)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 80.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 45.43, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 64.48, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0952 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.161 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9894, 4.1851, 20.8048)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551980 #448019

analogous

#211980 #551980 #801978

triadic

#551980 #805519 #198055

tetradic

#551980 #802119 #448019 #197880

square

#551980 #802119 #448019 #197880

split-complementary

#551980 #788019 #198021

monochromatic

#11051A #330F4D #551980 #7723B3 #973BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#551980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#551980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551980

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551980	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.161 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da6',
    500: '#551980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551980;
$custom-light: #8a5da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.951,
    "s": 67.32,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36779,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551980

secondary

#71B441

accent

#EA3E86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551980

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

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