#551E89#551E89

#551E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.165 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E89
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 45.55, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 66.89, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0884 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.165 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7249, 4.6660, 24.1030)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E89 #52891E

analogous

#1F1E89 #551E89 #891E87

triadic

#551E89 #89551E #1E8955

tetradic

#551E89 #891F1E #52891E #1E8789

square

#551E89 #891F1E #52891E #1E8789

split-complementary

#551E89 #87891E #1E891F

monochromatic

#170825 #361357 #551E89 #7429BB #934AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#551E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#551E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E89

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E89	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.165 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ac',
    500: '#551e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e89;
$custom-light: #8a60ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3806,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E89

secondary

#80BA49

accent

#E74192

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E89

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

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