#551D89#551D89

#551D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.166 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D89
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 45.97, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 67.36, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0893 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.166 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7000, 4.6161, 24.0947)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D89 #51891D

analogous

#1F1D89 #551D89 #891D87

triadic

#551D89 #89551D #1D8955

tetradic

#551D89 #891F1D #51891D #1D8789

square

#551D89 #891F1D #51891D #1D8789

split-complementary

#551D89 #87891D #1D891F

monochromatic

#160824 #361256 #551D89 #7428BC #9348D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#551D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#551D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D89

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D89	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.166 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ac',
    500: '#551d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d89;
$custom-light: #8a60ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37955,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D89

secondary

#7FBA47

accent

#E84091

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D89

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

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