#551A93#551A93

#551A93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.180 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A93
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 147)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 49.65, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 73.84, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0888 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.18 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3808, 4.7766, 28.0258)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A93 #58931A

analogous

#1A1C93 #551A93 #921A93

triadic

#551A93 #93551A #1A9355

tetradic

#551A93 #931A1C #58931A #1A9392

square

#551A93 #931A1C #58931A #1A9392

split-complementary

#551A93 #93921A #1C931A

monochromatic

#19082B #37115F #551A93 #7323C7 #9249DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#551A93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#551A93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A93

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A93	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.180 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fb4',
    500: '#551a93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a93;
$custom-light: #8c5fb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.256,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38562,
    "c": 0.17985,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A93

secondary

#86C048

accent

#ED3B96

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A93

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

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