#551F8F#551F8F

#551F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.171 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F8F
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 46.62, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 69.56, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0859 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.171 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1930, 4.8943, 26.4416)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F8F #598F1F

analogous

#1F218F #551F8F #8D1F8F

triadic

#551F8F #8F551F #1F8F55

tetradic

#551F8F #8F1F21 #598F1F #1F8F8D

square

#551F8F #8F1F21 #598F1F #1F8F8D

split-complementary

#551F8F #8F8D1F #218F1F

monochromatic

#19092A #37145D #551F8F #732AC1 #924FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#551F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#551F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F8F

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F8F	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.171 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b1',
    500: '#551f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f8f;
$custom-light: #8b61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 64.368,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38691,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F8F

secondary

#87BC4E

accent

#E74097

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F8F

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

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