#551E82#551E82

#551E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.158 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E82
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 130)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 43.81, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 63.20, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0901 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.158 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2389, 4.4716, 21.5438)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E82 #4B821E

analogous

#231E82 #551E82 #821E7D

triadic

#551E82 #82551E #1E8255

tetradic

#551E82 #82231E #4B821E #1E7D82

square

#551E82 #82231E #4B821E #1E7D82

split-complementary

#551E82 #7D821E #1E8223

monochromatic

#14071F #341350 #551E82 #7629B4 #9446D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#551E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#551E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E82

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E82	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.158 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60a7',
    500: '#551e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e82;
$custom-light: #8a60a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37463,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E82

secondary

#78B547

accent

#E6428C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E82

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

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