#551C94#551C94

#551C94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.179 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C94
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 148)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 49.12, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 73.51, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.087 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.179 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5055, 4.8998, 28.4562)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C94 #5B941C

analogous

#1C1F94 #551C94 #911C94

triadic

#551C94 #94551C #1C9455

tetradic

#551C94 #941C1F #5B941C #1C9491

square

#551C94 #941C1F #5B941C #1C9491

split-complementary

#551C94 #94911C #1F941C

monochromatic

#1A092D #371261 #551C94 #7326C7 #924DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#551C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#551C94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C94

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C94	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.179 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c60b4',
    500: '#551c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c94;
$custom-light: #8c60b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3884,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C94

secondary

#89C04C

accent

#EB3D98

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C94

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

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