#551A83#551A83

#551A83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551A83
RGBrgb(85, 26, 131)
HSLhsl(274, 67%, 31%)
HSVhsv(274, 80%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(35.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LABlab(24.67, 45.75, -47.01)
CIE-LCHlch(24.67, 65.59, 314.22°)
OKLaboklab(37.13% 0.0936 -0.1339)
OKLCHoklch(37.13% 0.163 304.9)
XYZxyz(8.2115, 4.3088, 21.8674)
Luminance0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551A83 #48831A
analogous
#201A83 #551A83 #831A7C
triadic
#551A83 #83551A #1A8355
tetradic
#551A83 #83201A #48831A #1A7C83
square
#551A83 #83201A #48831A #1A7C83
split-complementary
#551A83 #7C831A #1A8320
monochromatic
#13061D #341050 #551A83 #7624B6 #953FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28
#551A83 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86
#551A83 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A83
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551A83#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551A831.0011.281.8611.28
#FFFFFF11.281.0021.001.00
#0000001.8621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.281.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003986
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003B81
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4C354E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 304.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ea8',
    500: '#551a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551a83;
$custom-light: #8a5ea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.714,
    "s": 66.879,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37133,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551A83
secondary
#75B742
accent
#EA3E89
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0C0510
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#551A83 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva