#551A87#551A87

#551A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.167 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551A87
RGBrgb(85, 26, 135)
HSLhsl(272, 68%, 32%)
HSVhsv(272, 81%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(37%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LABlab(25.01, 46.71, -48.96)
CIE-LCHlch(25.01, 67.67, 313.66°)
OKLaboklab(37.48% 0.0925 -0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(37.48% 0.167 303.5)
XYZxyz(8.4879, 4.4194, 23.3228)
Luminance0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551A87 #4C871A
analogous
#1F1A87 #551A87 #871A83
triadic
#551A87 #87551A #1A8755
tetradic
#551A87 #871F1A #4C871A #1A8387
square
#551A87 #871F1A #4C871A #1A8387
split-complementary
#551A87 #83871A #1A871F
monochromatic
#140620 #351054 #551A87 #7524BA #9441DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15
#551A87 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88
#551A87 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A87
11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551A87#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551A871.0011.151.8811.15
#FFFFFF11.151.0021.001.00
#0000001.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003A8A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003B85
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4B3750
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.167 303.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5eab',
    500: '#551a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551a87;
$custom-light: #8a5eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.477,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37482,
    "c": 0.16749,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551A87
secondary
#79BA42
accent
#EB3D8D
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0C0510
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#551A87 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva