#551EA0#551EA0

#551EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.190 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551EA0
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 81.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 51.36, -59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 78.79, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0816 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.19 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5540, 5.3976, 33.7367)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551EA0 #69A01E

analogous

#1E28A0 #551EA0 #961EA0

triadic

#551EA0 #A0551E #1EA055

tetradic

#551EA0 #A01E28 #69A01E #1EA096

square

#551EA0 #A01E28 #69A01E #1EA096

split-complementary

#551EA0 #A0961E #28A01E

monochromatic

#1E0B39 #3A146C #551EA0 #7028D4 #9259E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#551EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#551EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551EA0

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551EA0	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.190 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62bd',
    500: '#551ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551ea0;
$custom-light: #8d62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40147,
    "c": 0.18979,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551EA0

secondary

#95C456

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #551EA0

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

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