#551A7F#551A7F

#551A7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.159 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A7F
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 79.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 44.79, -45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 63.51, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0946 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.159 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9456, 4.2025, 20.4671)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A7F #447F1A

analogous

#231A7F #551A7F #7F1A76

triadic

#551A7F #7F551A #1A7F55

tetradic

#551A7F #7F231A #447F1A #1A767F

square

#551A7F #7F231A #447F1A #1A767F

split-complementary

#551A7F #767F1A #1A7F23

monochromatic

#110519 #33104C #551A7F #7724B2 #973CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#551A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#551A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A7F

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A7F	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.159 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ea5',
    500: '#551a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a7f;
$custom-light: #895ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.05,
    "s": 66.013,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36792,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A7F

secondary

#71B342

accent

#E93F86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A7F

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

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