#551E97#551E97

#551E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.180 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E97
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 49.07, -55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 74.17, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0845 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.18 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7950, 5.0940, 29.7393)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E97 #60971E

analogous

#1E2397 #551E97 #911E97

triadic

#551E97 #97551E #1E9755

tetradic

#551E97 #971E23 #60971E #1E9791

square

#551E97 #971E23 #60971E #1E9791

split-complementary

#551E97 #97911E #23971E

monochromatic

#1C0A31 #381464 #551E97 #7228CA #9153DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#551E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#551E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E97

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E97	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.180 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c61b7',
    500: '#551e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e97;
$custom-light: #8c61b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39309,
    "c": 0.18027,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E97

secondary

#8DC051

accent

#EA3E9C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E97

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

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