#551F89#551F89

#551F89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.164 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F89
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 137)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 77.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 45.11, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 66.41, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0875 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.164 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7506, 4.7174, 24.1116)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F89 #53891F

analogous

#201F89 #551F89 #891F88

triadic

#551F89 #89551F #1F8955

tetradic

#551F89 #89201F #53891F #1F8889

square

#551F89 #89201F #53891F #1F8889

split-complementary

#551F89 #88891F #1F8920

monochromatic

#170825 #361457 #551F89 #742ABB #934CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#551F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#551F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F89

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F89	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.164 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61ac',
    500: '#551f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f89;
$custom-light: #8a61ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 63.095,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38167,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F89

secondary

#81B94B

accent

#E64292

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F89

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

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