#551985#551985

#551985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.166 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551985
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 133)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 81.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 46.62, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 67.06, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0939 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.166 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3266, 4.3200, 22.5809)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551985 #498519

analogous

#1F1985 #551985 #85197F

triadic

#551985 #855519 #198555

tetradic

#551985 #851F19 #498519 #197F85

square

#551985 #851F19 #498519 #197F85

split-complementary

#551985 #7F8519 #19851F

monochromatic

#13061E #340F51 #551985 #7623B9 #953EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#551985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#551985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551985

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551985	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.166 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ea9',
    500: '#551985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551985;
$custom-light: #8a5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37212,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551985

secondary

#76B941

accent

#EB3D8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551985

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

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