#551E85#551E85

#551E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.161 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E85
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 44.55, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 64.78, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0894 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.161 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4432, 4.5533, 22.6198)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E85 #4E851E

analogous

#221E85 #551E85 #851E82

triadic

#551E85 #85551E #1E8555

tetradic

#551E85 #85221E #4E851E #1E8285

square

#551E85 #85221E #4E851E #1E8285

split-complementary

#551E85 #82851E #1E8522

monochromatic

#150721 #351353 #551E85 #7529B7 #9448D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#551E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#551E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E85

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E85	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.161 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60a9',
    500: '#551e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e85;
$custom-light: #8a60a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37716,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E85

secondary

#7CB847

accent

#E6428E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E85

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

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