#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
RGBrgb(85, 30, 150)
HSLhsl(268, 67%, 35%)
HSVhsv(268, 80%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(43.3%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(26.91, 48.82, -55.16)
CIE-LCHlch(26.91, 73.66, 311.51°)
OKLaboklab(39.22% 0.0848 -0.1579)
OKLCHoklch(39.22% 0.179 298.2)
XYZxyz(9.7142, 5.0617, 29.3134)
Luminance0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##551E961.0010.442.0110.44
#FFFFFF10.441.0021.001.00
#0000002.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.441.0021.001.00

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

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#551E96 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva