#551E8A#551E8A

#551E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.166 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E8A
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 45.79, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 67.41, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0882 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.166 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.7969, 4.6948, 24.4826)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E8A #538A1E

analogous

#1F1E8A #551E8A #8A1E89

triadic

#551E8A #8A551E #1E8A55

tetradic

#551E8A #8A1F1E #538A1E #1E898A

square

#551E8A #8A1F1E #538A1E #1E898A

split-complementary

#551E8A #898A1E #1E8A1F

monochromatic

#170825 #361358 #551E8A #7429BC #934BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#551E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#551E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E8A

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E8A	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.166 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60ad',
    500: '#551e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e8a;
$custom-light: #8a60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38147,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E8A

secondary

#81BA4A

accent

#E74192

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E8A

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

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