#551989#551989

#551989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.171 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551989
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 47.59, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 69.13, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0927 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.171 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6082, 4.4327, 24.0641)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551989 #4D8919

analogous

#1D1989 #551989 #891985

triadic

#551989 #895519 #198955

tetradic

#551989 #891D19 #4D8919 #198589

square

#551989 #891D19 #4D8919 #198589

split-complementary

#551989 #858919 #19891D

monochromatic

#150621 #351055 #551989 #7522BD #9440DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#551989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#551989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551989

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551989	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.171 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eac',
    500: '#551989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551989;
$custom-light: #8b5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37565,
    "c": 0.17052,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551989

secondary

#7BBC41

accent

#EC3C8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551989

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

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