#551E95#551E95

#551E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.178 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E95
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 48.56, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 73.14, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0851 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.178 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6340, 5.0296, 28.8912)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E95 #5E951E

analogous

#1E2395 #551E95 #901E95

triadic

#551E95 #95551E #1E9555

tetradic

#551E95 #951E23 #5E951E #1E9590

square

#551E95 #951E23 #5E951E #1E9590

split-complementary

#551E95 #95901E #23951E

monochromatic

#1B092F #381462 #551E95 #7228C8 #9151DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#551E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#551E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E95

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E95	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.178 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c61b5',
    500: '#551e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e95;
$custom-light: #8c61b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.731,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39127,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E95

secondary

#8CBF50

accent

#E93E9A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E95

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

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