#551983#551983

#551983 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.164 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551983
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 131)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 80.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 46.14, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 66.03, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0944 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.164 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1897, 4.2653, 21.8602)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551983 #478319

analogous

#201983 #551983 #83197C

triadic

#551983 #835519 #198355

tetradic

#551983 #832019 #478319 #197C83

square

#551983 #832019 #478319 #197C83

split-complementary

#551983 #7C8319 #198320

monochromatic

#12051C #340F50 #551983 #7623B6 #963DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#551983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#551983 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551983

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551983	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.164 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ea8',
    500: '#551983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551983;
$custom-light: #8a5ea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 67.949,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37037,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551983

secondary

#74B741

accent

#EB3D88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551983

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

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