#551E84#551E84

#551E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.160 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E84
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 132)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 44.31, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 64.26, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0896 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.16 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3745, 4.5258, 22.2577)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E84 #4D841E

analogous

#221E84 #551E84 #841E80

triadic

#551E84 #84551E #1E8455

tetradic

#551E84 #84221E #4D841E #1E8084

square

#551E84 #84221E #4D841E #1E8084

split-complementary

#551E84 #80841E #1E8422

monochromatic

#150720 #351352 #551E84 #7529B6 #9447D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#551E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#551E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E84

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E84	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.160 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60a9',
    500: '#551e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e84;
$custom-light: #8a60a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37631,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E84

secondary

#7BB747

accent

#E6428D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E84

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

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