#551A7B#551A7B

#551A7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.155 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A7B
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 123)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 43.84, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 61.43, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0955 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.155 308)
XYZ	xyz(7.6901, 4.1003, 19.1214)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A7B #407B1A

analogous

#251A7B #551A7B #7B1A71

triadic

#551A7B #7B551A #1A7B55

tetradic

#551A7B #7B251A #407B1A #1A717B

square

#551A7B #7B251A #407B1A #1A717B

split-complementary

#551A7B #717B1A #1A7B25

monochromatic

#110519 #320F48 #551A7B #7825AE #993AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#551A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#551A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A7B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A7B	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.155 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ea2',
    500: '#551a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a7b;
$custom-light: #895ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.495,
    "s": 65.101,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36457,
    "c": 0.15513,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A7B

secondary

#6DAF42

accent

#E84082

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A7B

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

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