#551A8F#551A8F

#551A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A8F
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 143)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 81.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 48.67, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 71.79, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0901 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.176 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0724, 4.6532, 26.4015)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A8F #548F1A

analogous

#1A1A8F #551A8F #8F1A8E

triadic

#551A8F #8F551A #1A8F55

tetradic

#551A8F #8F1A1A #548F1A #1A8E8F

square

#551A8F #8F1A1A #548F1A #1A8E8F

split-complementary

#551A8F #8E8F1A #1A8F1A

monochromatic

#170727 #36115B #551A8F #7423C3 #9246DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#551A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#551A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A8F

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A8F	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fb1',
    500: '#551a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a8f;
$custom-light: #8b5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.256,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38196,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A8F

secondary

#82BF46

accent

#EC3C93

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A8F

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

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