#551E87#551E87

#551E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.163 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E87
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 45.05, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 65.84, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0889 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.163 303)
XYZ	xyz(8.5827, 4.6091, 23.3545)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E87 #50871E

analogous

#211E87 #551E87 #871E84

triadic

#551E87 #87551E #1E8755

tetradic

#551E87 #87211E #50871E #1E8487

square

#551E87 #87211E #50871E #1E8487

split-complementary

#551E87 #84871E #1E8721

monochromatic

#160823 #351355 #551E87 #7529B9 #9349D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#551E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#551E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E87

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E87	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.163 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ab',
    500: '#551e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e87;
$custom-light: #8a60ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37887,
    "c": 0.16324,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E87

secondary

#7EB948

accent

#E74190

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E87

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

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