#551A7C#551A7C

#551A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.156 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A7C
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 124)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 79%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 44.08, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 61.95, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0953 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.156 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7530, 4.1254, 19.4527)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A7C #417C1A

analogous

#241A7C #551A7C #7C1A72

triadic

#551A7C #7C551A #1A7C55

tetradic

#551A7C #7C241A #417C1A #1A727C

square

#551A7C #7C241A #417C1A #1A727C

split-complementary

#551A7C #727C1A #1A7C24

monochromatic

#110519 #320F49 #551A7C #7825AF #983BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#551A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#551A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A7C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A7C	1.00	11.51	1.83	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.156 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ea3',
    500: '#551a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a7c;
$custom-light: #895ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.122,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3654,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A7C

secondary

#6EB042

accent

#E84083

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A7C

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

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