#551E7E#551E7E

#551E7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.154 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E7E
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 42.83, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 61.09, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0909 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.154 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9757, 4.3663, 20.1572)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E7E #477E1E

analogous

#251E7E #551E7E #7E1E77

triadic

#551E7E #7E551E #1E7E55

tetradic

#551E7E #7E251E #477E1E #1E777E

square

#551E7E #7E251E #477E1E #1E777E

split-complementary

#551E7E #777E1E #1E7E25

monochromatic

#12061B #34124D #551E7E #762AAF #9644D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#551E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#551E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E7E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E7E	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.154 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960a4',
    500: '#551e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e7e;
$custom-light: #8960a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.375,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37131,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E7E

secondary

#74B147

accent

#E54388

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E7E

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

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