#551982#551982

#551982 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.163 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551982
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 130)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 80.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 45.91, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 65.51, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0947 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.163 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1223, 4.2383, 21.5049)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551982 #468219

analogous

#211982 #551982 #82197A

triadic

#551982 #825519 #198255

tetradic

#551982 #822119 #468219 #197A82

square

#551982 #822119 #468219 #197A82

split-complementary

#551982 #7A8219 #198221

monochromatic

#12051B #330F4F #551982 #7723B5 #963CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#551982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#551982 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551982

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551982	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.163 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ea7',
    500: '#551982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551982;
$custom-light: #8a5ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36951,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551982

secondary

#73B641

accent

#EB3D88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551982

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

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