#551D95#551D95

#551D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.179 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D95
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 149)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 80.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 48.97, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 73.59, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0859 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.179 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6091, 4.9798, 28.8829)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D95 #5D951D

analogous

#1D2195 #551D95 #911D95

triadic

#551D95 #95551D #1D9555

tetradic

#551D95 #951D21 #5D951D #1D9591

square

#551D95 #951D21 #5D951D #1D9591

split-complementary

#551D95 #95911D #21951D

monochromatic

#1B092F #381362 #551D95 #7227C8 #9150DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#551D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#551D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D95

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D95	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.179 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c60b5',
    500: '#551d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d95;
$custom-light: #8c60b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39028,
    "c": 0.17912,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D95

secondary

#8BC04E

accent

#EA3D9A

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D95

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

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