#551F92#551F92

#551F92 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.174 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F92
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 146)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 47.38, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 71.12, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0851 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.174 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4233, 4.9865, 27.6546)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F92 #5C921F

analogous

#1F2292 #551F92 #8F1F92

triadic

#551F92 #92551F #1F9255

tetradic

#551F92 #921F22 #5C921F #1F928F

square

#551F92 #921F22 #5C921F #1F928F

split-complementary

#551F92 #928F1F #22921F

monochromatic

#1A0A2D #381460 #551F92 #722AC4 #9251DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#551F92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#551F92 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F92

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F92	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.174 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b3',
    500: '#551f92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f92;
$custom-light: #8b61b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.174,
    "s": 64.972,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38958,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F92

secondary

#8ABD50

accent

#E84099

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F92

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

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