#551996#551996

#551996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.184 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551996
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 50.76, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 75.77, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0886 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.184 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5975, 4.8284, 29.2746)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551996 #5A9619

analogous

#191B96 #551996 #941996

triadic

#551996 #965519 #199655

tetradic

#551996 #96191B #5A9619 #199694

square

#551996 #96191B #5A9619 #199694

split-complementary

#551996 #969419 #1B9619

monochromatic

#1A082D #371062 #551996 #7322CA #9249E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#551996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#551996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551996

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551996	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.184 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fb6',
    500: '#551996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551996;
$custom-light: #8c5fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38753,
    "c": 0.1838,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551996

secondary

#88C249

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551996

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

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