#551F93#551F93

#551F93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.175 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F93
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 147)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 47.63, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 71.64, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0848 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.175 299)
XYZ	xyz(9.5014, 5.0177, 28.0660)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F93 #5D931F

analogous

#1F2393 #551F93 #8F1F93

triadic

#551F93 #93551F #1F9355

tetradic

#551F93 #931F23 #5D931F #1F938F

square

#551F93 #931F23 #5D931F #1F938F

split-complementary

#551F93 #938F1F #23931F

monochromatic

#1B0A2E #381460 #551F93 #722AC6 #9152DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#551F93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#551F93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F93

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F93	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.175 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b4',
    500: '#551f93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f93;
$custom-light: #8b61b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.931,
    "s": 65.169,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39048,
    "c": 0.175,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F93

secondary

#8BBE50

accent

#E8409A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F93

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

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