#551E94#551E94

#551E94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.177 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#551E94
RGBrgb(85, 30, 148)
HSLhsl(268, 66%, 35%)
HSVhsv(268, 80%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(42.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LABlab(26.73, 48.31, -54.22)
CIE-LCHlch(26.73, 72.62, 311.70°)
OKLaboklab(39.04% 0.0854 -0.1551)
OKLCHoklch(39.04% 0.177 298.8)
XYZxyz(9.5545, 4.9978, 28.4725)
Luminance0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#551E94 #5D941E
analogous
#1E2294 #551E94 #901E94
triadic
#551E94 #94551E #1E9455
tetradic
#551E94 #941E22 #5D941E #1E9490
square
#551E94 #941E22 #5D941E #1E9490
split-complementary
#551E94 #94901E #22941E
monochromatic
#1B092E #381461 #551E94 #7228C7 #9151DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50
#551E94 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00
#551E94 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E94
10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##551E94#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##551E941.0010.502.0010.50
#FFFFFF10.501.0021.001.00
#0000002.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003F97
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003E92
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#453E59
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #551e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.177 298.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b4',
    500: '#551e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #551e94;
$custom-light: #8b61b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#551e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.966,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39036,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#551E94
secondary
#8BBF4F
accent
#E93F9A
background
#F9F5FB
surface
#F1EAF6
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0D0511
muted
#7E7980

Preview Lab

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#551E94 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva