#551E7C#551E7C

#551E7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.151 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E7C
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.69, 42.35, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.69, 60.04, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0913 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.151 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8479, 4.3152, 19.4844)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E7C #457C1E

analogous

#261E7C #551E7C #7C1E74

triadic

#551E7C #7C551E #1E7C55

tetradic

#551E7C #7C261E #457C1E #1E747C

square

#551E7C #7C261E #457C1E #1E747C

split-complementary

#551E7C #747C1E #1E7C26

monochromatic

#110619 #33124B #551E7C #772AAD #9643D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#551E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#551E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E7C

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E7C	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.151 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960a3',
    500: '#551e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e7c;
$custom-light: #8960a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.106,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36967,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E7C

secondary

#72AF46

accent

#E44486

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E7C

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

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