#551A9D#551A9D

#551A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.190 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A9D
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 83.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 52.13, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 78.92, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0854 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.19 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1999, 5.1042, 32.3396)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A9D #629D1A

analogous

#1A209D #551A9D #961A9D

triadic

#551A9D #9D551A #1A9D55

tetradic

#551A9D #9D1A20 #629D1A #1A9D96

square

#551A9D #9D1A20 #629D1A #1A9D96

split-complementary

#551A9D #9D961A #209D1A

monochromatic

#1C0934 #391168 #551A9D #7123D2 #914FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#551A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#551A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A9D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A9D	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.190 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60bb',
    500: '#551a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a9d;
$custom-light: #8d60bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.023,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.395,
    "c": 0.19012,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A9D

secondary

#8FC44E

accent

#EE399D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A9D

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

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