#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
RGBrgb(85, 30, 130)
HSLhsl(273, 63%, 31%)
HSVhsv(273, 77%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(34.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LABlab(25.17, 43.81, -45.55)
CIE-LCHlch(25.17, 63.20, 313.88°)
OKLaboklab(37.46% 0.0901 -0.1297)
OKLCHoklch(37.46% 0.158 304.8)
XYZxyz(8.2389, 4.4716, 21.5438)
Luminance0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##551E821.0011.091.8911.09
#FFFFFF11.091.0021.001.00
#0000001.8921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.091.0021.001.00

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

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#551E82 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva