#551D96#551D96

#551D96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.180 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D96
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 49.22, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 74.10, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0856 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.18 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6893, 5.0119, 29.3051)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D96 #5E961D

analogous

#1D2196 #551D96 #921D96

triadic

#551D96 #96551D #1D9655

tetradic

#551D96 #961D21 #5E961D #1D9692

square

#551D96 #961D21 #5E961D #1D9692

split-complementary

#551D96 #96921D #21961D

monochromatic

#1B092F #381363 #551D96 #7227C9 #9150DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#551D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#551D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D96

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D96	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.180 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c60b6',
    500: '#551d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d96;
$custom-light: #8c60b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.769,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39119,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D96

secondary

#8CC04F

accent

#EA3D9A

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D96

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

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