#551C91#551C91

#551C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.176 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C91
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 145)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 48.37, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 71.96, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0879 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.176 300)
XYZ	xyz(9.2711, 4.8060, 27.2218)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C91 #58911C

analogous

#1C1D91 #551C91 #901C91

triadic

#551C91 #91551C #1C9155

tetradic

#551C91 #911C1D #58911C #1C9190

square

#551C91 #911C1D #58911C #1C9190

split-complementary

#551C91 #91901C #1D911C

monochromatic

#19082A #37125E #551C91 #7326C4 #924BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#551C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#551C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C91

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C91	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.176 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60b2',
    500: '#551c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c91;
$custom-light: #8b60b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38566,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C91

secondary

#86BE4A

accent

#EB3D96

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C91

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

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