#551EA1#551EA1

#551EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.191 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551EA1
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 161)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 81.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, 51.62, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 79.30, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0813 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.191 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6419, 5.4328, 34.1992)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551EA1 #6AA11E

analogous

#1E28A1 #551EA1 #971EA1

triadic

#551EA1 #A1551E #1EA155

tetradic

#551EA1 #A11E28 #6AA11E #1EA197

square

#551EA1 #A11E28 #6AA11E #1EA197

split-complementary

#551EA1 #A1971E #28A11E

monochromatic

#1F0B3A #3A146D #551EA1 #7028D5 #9259E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#551EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#551EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551EA1

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551EA1	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.191 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62be',
    500: '#551ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551ea1;
$custom-light: #8d62be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.191,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40242,
    "c": 0.19084,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551EA1

secondary

#96C457

accent

#EB3CA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #551EA1

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

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