#551E86#551E86

#551E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.162 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E86
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 44.80, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 65.31, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0892 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.162 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5127, 4.5811, 22.9854)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E86 #4F861E

analogous

#211E86 #551E86 #861E83

triadic

#551E86 #86551E #1E8655

tetradic

#551E86 #86211E #4F861E #1E8386

square

#551E86 #86211E #4F861E #1E8386

split-complementary

#551E86 #83861E #1E8621

monochromatic

#160822 #351354 #551E86 #7529B8 #9348D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#551E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#551E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E86

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E86	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.162 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60aa',
    500: '#551e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e86;
$custom-light: #8a60aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37801,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E86

secondary

#7DB847

accent

#E6418F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E86

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

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