#551F94#551F94

#551F94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.176 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F94
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 148)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 47.89, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 72.17, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0846 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.176 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5802, 5.0492, 28.4811)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F94 #5E941F

analogous

#1F2494 #551F94 #8F1F94

triadic

#551F94 #94551F #1F9455

tetradic

#551F94 #941F24 #5E941F #1F948F

square

#551F94 #941F24 #5E941F #1F948F

split-complementary

#551F94 #948F1F #24941F

monochromatic

#1B0A2F #381461 #551F94 #722AC7 #9153DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#551F94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#551F94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F94

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F94	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.176 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b4',
    500: '#551f94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f94;
$custom-light: #8b61b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 65.363,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39138,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F94

secondary

#8CBE51

accent

#E83F9A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F94

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

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