#551E9F#551E9F

#551E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.189 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E9F
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 159)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 51.11, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 78.28, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0819 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.189 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4669, 5.3628, 33.2778)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E9F #689F1E

analogous

#1E289F #551E9F #951E9F

triadic

#551E9F #9F551E #1E9F55

tetradic

#551E9F #9F1E28 #689F1E #1E9F95

square

#551E9F #9F1E28 #689F1E #1E9F95

split-complementary

#551E9F #9F951E #289F1E

monochromatic

#1E0B38 #39146C #551E9F #7128D2 #9258DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#551E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#551E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E9F

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E9F	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.189 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61bc',
    500: '#551e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e9f;
$custom-light: #8d61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.581,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40053,
    "c": 0.18874,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E9F

secondary

#94C356

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E9F

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

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