#551E88#551E88

#551E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.164 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E88
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 45.30, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 66.36, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0887 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.164 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6535, 4.6374, 23.7270)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E88 #51881E

analogous

#201E88 #551E88 #881E86

triadic

#551E88 #88551E #1E8855

tetradic

#551E88 #88201E #51881E #1E8688

square

#551E88 #88201E #51881E #1E8688

split-complementary

#551E88 #86881E #1E8820

monochromatic

#160824 #361356 #551E88 #7429BA #9349D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#551E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#551E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E88

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E88	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.164 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ac',
    500: '#551e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e88;
$custom-light: #8a60ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37973,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E88

secondary

#7FB949

accent

#E74191

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E88

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

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