#551B7F#551B7F

#551B7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.158 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551B7F
RGBrgb(85, 27, 127)
HSLhsl(275, 65%, 30%)
HSVhsv(275, 79%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(33.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LABlab(24.47, 44.38, -44.80)
CIE-LCHlch(24.47, 63.06, 314.73°)
OKLaboklab(36.89% 0.0937 -0.1274)
OKLCHoklch(36.89% 0.158 306.3)
XYZxyz(7.9682, 4.2475, 20.4746)
Luminance0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551B7F #457F1B
analogous
#231B7F #551B7F #7F1B77
triadic
#551B7F #7F551B #1B7F55
tetradic
#551B7F #7F231B #457F1B #1B777F
square
#551B7F #7F231B #457F1B #1B777F
split-complementary
#551B7F #777F1B #1B7F23
monochromatic
#11061A #33104D #551B7F #7726B1 #963ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36
#551B7F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85
#551B7F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551B7F
11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551B7F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551B7F1.0011.361.8511.36
#FFFFFF11.361.0021.001.00
#0000001.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.361.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003882
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003A7D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4E344C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 27, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.158 306.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ea5',
    500: '#551b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551b7f;
$custom-light: #895ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36893,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551B7F
secondary
#72B343
accent
#E84086
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0C050F
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#551B7F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva