#551E8F#551E8F

#551E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.172 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E8F
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 79%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 47.05, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 70.02, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0868 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.172 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1673, 4.8429, 26.4331)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E8F #588F1E

analogous

#1E1F8F #551E8F #8E1E8F

triadic

#551E8F #8F551E #1E8F55

tetradic

#551E8F #8F1E1F #588F1E #1E8F8E

square

#551E8F #8F1E1F #588F1E #1E8F8E

split-complementary

#551E8F #8F8E1E #1F8F1E

monochromatic

#19092A #37135C #551E8F #7329C2 #924EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#551E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#551E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E8F

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E8F	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.172 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b1',
    500: '#551e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e8f;
$custom-light: #8b61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.204,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38587,
    "c": 0.17176,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E8F

secondary

#86BC4C

accent

#E84096

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E8F

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

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