#551D91#551D91

#551D91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.175 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551D91
RGBrgb(85, 29, 145)
HSLhsl(269, 67%, 34%)
HSVhsv(269, 80%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(41.4%, 80%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LABlab(26.32, 47.97, -53.05)
CIE-LCHlch(26.32, 71.52, 312.12°)
OKLaboklab(38.66% 0.0871 -0.1517)
OKLCHoklch(38.66% 0.175 299.9)
XYZxyz(9.2952, 4.8543, 27.2298)
Luminance0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551D91 #59911D
analogous
#1D1F91 #551D91 #8F1D91
triadic
#551D91 #91551D #1D9155
tetradic
#551D91 #911D1F #59911D #1D918F
square
#551D91 #911D1F #59911D #1D918F
split-complementary
#551D91 #918F1D #1F911D
monochromatic
#19092B #37135E #551D91 #7327C4 #924DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66
#551D91 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97
#551D91 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D91
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551D91#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551D911.0010.661.9710.66
#FFFFFF10.661.0021.001.00
#0000001.9721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.661.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003E94
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003D8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#473D57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.175 299.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60b2',
    500: '#551d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551d91;
$custom-light: #8b60b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38664,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551D91
secondary
#87BE4C
accent
#EA3E97
background
#F8F5FB
surface
#F0EAF6
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0D0511
muted
#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D91

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#551D91 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva