#551D86#551D86

#551D86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.163 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551D86
RGBrgb(85, 29, 134)
HSLhsl(272, 64%, 32%)
HSVhsv(272, 78%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(36.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LABlab(25.36, 45.23, -47.77)
CIE-LCHlch(25.36, 65.79, 313.44°)
OKLaboklab(37.7% 0.0901 -0.1362)
OKLCHoklch(37.7% 0.163 303.5)
XYZxyz(8.4877, 4.5313, 22.9771)
Luminance0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551D86 #4E861D
analogous
#211D86 #551D86 #861D83
triadic
#551D86 #86551D #1D8655
tetradic
#551D86 #86211D #4E861D #1D8386
square
#551D86 #86211D #4E861D #1D8386
split-complementary
#551D86 #83861D #1D8621
monochromatic
#150721 #351254 #551D86 #7528B8 #9446D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02
#551D86 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91
#551D86 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D86
11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551D86#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551D861.0011.021.9111.02
#FFFFFF11.021.0021.001.00
#0000001.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B89
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003C84
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4B3851
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.163 303.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60aa',
    500: '#551d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551d86;
$custom-light: #8a60aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37695,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551D86
secondary
#7CB946
accent
#E7408E
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0EAF4
border
#CBC6CE
text
#0C0510
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#551D86 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva