#551E7B#551E7B

#551E7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.150 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E7B
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 42.11, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 59.51, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0915 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.15 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7850, 4.2900, 19.1530)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E7B #447B1E

analogous

#271E7B #551E7B #7B1E72

triadic

#551E7B #7B551E #1E7B55

tetradic

#551E7B #7B271E #447B1E #1E727B

square

#551E7B #7B271E #447B1E #1E727B

split-complementary

#551E7B #727B1E #1E7B27

monochromatic

#110619 #33124A #551E7B #772AAC #9742D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#551E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#551E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E7B

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E7B	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.150 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960a2',
    500: '#551e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e7b;
$custom-light: #8960a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.484,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36886,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E7B

secondary

#71AE46

accent

#E44485

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E7B

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

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