#551E9D#551E9D

#551E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.187 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E9D
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 50.60, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 77.26, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0826 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.187 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2948, 5.2939, 32.3712)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E9D #669D1E

analogous

#1E279D #551E9D #951E9D

triadic

#551E9D #9D551E #1E9D55

tetradic

#551E9D #9D1E27 #669D1E #1E9D95

square

#551E9D #9D1E27 #669D1E #1E9D95

split-complementary

#551E9D #9D951E #279D1E

monochromatic

#1D0A36 #39146A #551E9D #7128D0 #9257DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#551E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#551E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E9D

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E9D	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.187 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61bb',
    500: '#551e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e9d;
$custom-light: #8d61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.984,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39865,
    "c": 0.18662,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E9D

secondary

#93C254

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E9D

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

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