#551EA6#551EA6

#551EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.196 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551EA6
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 166)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 52.90, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 81.84, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0796 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.196 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0916, 5.6127, 36.5679)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551EA6 #6FA61E

analogous

#1E2BA6 #551EA6 #991EA6

triadic

#551EA6 #A6551E #1EA655

tetradic

#551EA6 #A61E2B #6FA61E #1EA699

square

#551EA6 #A61E2B #6FA61E #1EA699

split-complementary

#551EA6 #A6991E #2BA61E

monochromatic

#200B3E #3A1572 #551EA6 #7029D8 #925DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#551EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#551EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551EA6

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551EA6	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.196 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62c2',
    500: '#551ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551ea6;
$custom-light: #8e62c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40719,
    "c": 0.19612,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551EA6

secondary

#9AC65A

accent

#EC3CA5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #551EA6

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

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