#551F95#551F95

#551F95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.177 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F95
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 149)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 79.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 48.14, -54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 72.68, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.0843 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.177 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6597, 5.0810, 28.8998)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F95 #5F951F

analogous

#1F2495 #551F95 #901F95

triadic

#551F95 #95551F #1F9555

tetradic

#551F95 #951F24 #5F951F #1F9590

square

#551F95 #951F24 #5F951F #1F9590

split-complementary

#551F95 #95901F #24951F

monochromatic

#1B0A30 #381462 #551F95 #722AC8 #9153DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#551F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#551F95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F95

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F95	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.177 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c61b5',
    500: '#551f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f95;
$custom-light: #8c61b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39228,
    "c": 0.17715,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F95

secondary

#8DBF51

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F95

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

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