#551F86#551F86

#551F86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.161 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F86
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 134)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 44.36, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 64.83, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0882 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.161 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5384, 4.6325, 22.9940)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F86 #50861F

analogous

#211F86 #551F86 #861F84

triadic

#551F86 #86551F #1F8655

tetradic

#551F86 #86211F #50861F #1F8486

square

#551F86 #86211F #50861F #1F8486

split-complementary

#551F86 #84861F #1F8621

monochromatic

#160823 #351454 #551F86 #752AB8 #934AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#551F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#551F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F86

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F86	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.161 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61aa',
    500: '#551f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f86;
$custom-light: #8a61aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3791,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F86

secondary

#7EB849

accent

#E54290

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F86

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

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