#551E8E#551E8E

#551E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.171 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E8E
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 46.80, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 69.50, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0871 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.171 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0919, 4.8128, 26.0359)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E8E #578E1E

analogous

#1E1F8E #551E8E #8D1E8E

triadic

#551E8E #8E551E #1E8E55

tetradic

#551E8E #8E1E1F #578E1E #1E8E8D

square

#551E8E #8E1E1F #578E1E #1E8E8D

split-complementary

#551E8E #8E8D1E #1F8E1E

monochromatic

#190929 #37135B #551E8E #7329C1 #924DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#551E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#551E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E8E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E8E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.171 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b0',
    500: '#551e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e8e;
$custom-light: #8b61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.464,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38498,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E8E

secondary

#85BC4C

accent

#E84095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E8E

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

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