#551E8D#551E8D

#551E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.170 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E8D
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 46.54, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 68.98, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.41% 0.0874 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(38.41% 0.17 301)
XYZ	xyz(9.0171, 4.7829, 25.6423)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E8D #568D1E

analogous

#1E1E8D #551E8D #8C1E8D

triadic

#551E8D #8D551E #1E8D55

tetradic

#551E8D #8D1E1E #568D1E #1E8D8C

square

#551E8D #8D1E1E #568D1E #1E8D8C

split-complementary

#551E8D #8D8C1E #1E8D1E

monochromatic

#180928 #37135B #551E8D #7329BF #924CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#551E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#551E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E8D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E8D	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.170 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60af',
    500: '#551e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e8d;
$custom-light: #8b60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.73,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38409,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E8D

secondary

#84BC4B

accent

#E84095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E8D

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

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