#551E7D#551E7D

#551E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.153 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E7D
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 125)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 76%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 42.59, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 60.56, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0911 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.153 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9115, 4.3406, 19.8191)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E7D #467D1E

analogous

#261E7D #551E7D #7D1E75

triadic

#551E7D #7D551E #1E7D55

tetradic

#551E7D #7D261E #467D1E #1E757D

square

#551E7D #7D261E #467D1E #1E757D

split-complementary

#551E7D #757D1E #1E7D26

monochromatic

#12061A #33124C #551E7D #772AAE #9643D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#551E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#551E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E7D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E7D	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.153 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960a3',
    500: '#551e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e7d;
$custom-light: #8960a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37049,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E7D

secondary

#73B046

accent

#E44387

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E7D

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

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