#551984#551984

#551984 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.165 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551984
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 132)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 46.38, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 66.55, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0942 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.165 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2578, 4.2925, 22.2188)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551984 #488419

analogous

#1F1984 #551984 #84197D

triadic

#551984 #845519 #198455

tetradic

#551984 #841F19 #488419 #197D84

square

#551984 #841F19 #488419 #197D84

split-complementary

#551984 #7D8419 #19841F

monochromatic

#13061D #340F51 #551984 #7623B7 #953DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#551984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#551984 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551984

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551984	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C354F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.165 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ea9',
    500: '#551984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551984;
$custom-light: #8a5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.645,
    "s": 68.153,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37124,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551984

secondary

#75B841

accent

#EB3D89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551984

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

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