#551986#551986

#551986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.167 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551986
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 134)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 46.86, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 67.58, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0936 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.167 304)
XYZ	xyz(8.3960, 4.3478, 22.9465)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551986 #4A8619

analogous

#1F1986 #551986 #861980

triadic

#551986 #865519 #198655

tetradic

#551986 #861F19 #4A8619 #198086

square

#551986 #861F19 #4A8619 #198086

split-complementary

#551986 #808619 #19861F

monochromatic

#14061F #340F52 #551986 #7623BA #953EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#551986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#551986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551986

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551986	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.167 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5eaa',
    500: '#551986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551986;
$custom-light: #8a5eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37299,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551986

secondary

#77BA41

accent

#EB3C8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551986

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

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