#551C97#551C97

#551C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.182 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C97
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 81.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 49.87, -56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 75.05, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.086 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.182 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7460, 4.9960, 29.7230)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C97 #5E971C

analogous

#1C2097 #551C97 #931C97

triadic

#551C97 #97551C #1C9755

tetradic

#551C97 #971C20 #5E971C #1C9793

square

#551C97 #971C20 #5E971C #1C9793

split-complementary

#551C97 #97931C #20971C

monochromatic

#1B0930 #381263 #551C97 #7226CB #914FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#551C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#551C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C97

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C97	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.182 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c60b7',
    500: '#551c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c97;
$custom-light: #8c60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39116,
    "c": 0.18216,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C97

secondary

#8CC14E

accent

#EC3C9A

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C97

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

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