#551E96#551E96

#551E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.179 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E96
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 48.82, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 73.66, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0848 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.179 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7142, 5.0617, 29.3134)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E96 #5F961E

analogous

#1E2396 #551E96 #911E96

triadic

#551E96 #96551E #1E9655

tetradic

#551E96 #961E23 #5F961E #1E9691

square

#551E96 #961E23 #5F961E #1E9691

split-complementary

#551E96 #96911E #23961E

monochromatic

#1B0A30 #381463 #551E96 #7228C9 #9152DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#551E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#551E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E96

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E96	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.179 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c61b6',
    500: '#551e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e96;
$custom-light: #8c61b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E96

secondary

#8DBF50

accent

#EA3E9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E96

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

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