#551F96#551F96

#551F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.178 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F96
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 150)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 48.40, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 73.20, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.084 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.178 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7399, 5.1131, 29.3220)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F96 #60961F

analogous

#1F2496 #551F96 #901F96

triadic

#551F96 #96551F #1F9655

tetradic

#551F96 #961F24 #60961F #1F9690

square

#551F96 #961F24 #60961F #1F9690

split-complementary

#551F96 #96901F #24961F

monochromatic

#1C0A31 #381563 #551F96 #7229C9 #9154DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#551F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#551F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F96

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F96	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.178 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c61b6',
    500: '#551f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f96;
$custom-light: #8c61b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 65.746,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39319,
    "c": 0.17822,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F96

secondary

#8DBF52

accent

#E93F9C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F96

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

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