#551A97#551A97

#551A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.184 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A97
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 50.64, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 75.88, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0875 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.184 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7002, 4.9043, 29.7077)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A97 #5C971A

analogous

#1A1E97 #551A97 #941A97

triadic

#551A97 #97551A #1A9755

tetradic

#551A97 #971A1E #5C971A #1A9794

square

#551A97 #971A1E #5C971A #1A9794

split-complementary

#551A97 #97941A #1E971A

monochromatic

#1A082F #381163 #551A97 #7223CB #924BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#551A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#551A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A97

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A97	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.184 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fb7',
    500: '#551a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a97;
$custom-light: #8c5fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38934,
    "c": 0.18395,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A97

secondary

#8AC24B

accent

#ED3A99

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A97

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

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