#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
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 148)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 48.31, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 72.62, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0854 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.177 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5545, 4.9978, 28.4725)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##551E94	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #551E94

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

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