#551EA8#551EA8

#551EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.198 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551EA8
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 168)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 82.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 53.41, -63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 82.85, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0789 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.198 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2765, 5.6866, 37.5417)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551EA8 #71A81E

analogous

#1E2CA8 #551EA8 #9A1EA8

triadic

#551EA8 #A8551E #1EA855

tetradic

#551EA8 #A81E2C #71A81E #1EA89A

square

#551EA8 #A81E2C #71A81E #1EA89A

split-complementary

#551EA8 #A89A1E #2CA81E

monochromatic

#200B40 #3B1574 #551EA8 #702AD9 #935EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#551EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#551EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551EA8

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551EA8	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.198 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62c3',
    500: '#551ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551ea8;
$custom-light: #8e62c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40912,
    "c": 0.19822,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551EA8

secondary

#9CC75B

accent

#ED3BA6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #551EA8

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

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