#551F97#551F97

#551F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.179 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F97
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 79.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 48.65, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 73.72, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0837 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.179 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8208, 5.1455, 29.7479)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F97 #61971F

analogous

#1F2597 #551F97 #911F97

triadic

#551F97 #97551F #1F9755

tetradic

#551F97 #971F25 #61971F #1F9791

square

#551F97 #971F25 #61971F #1F9791

split-complementary

#551F97 #97911F #25971F

monochromatic

#1C0A31 #381564 #551F97 #7229CA #9154DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#551F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#551F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F97

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F97	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.179 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c61b7',
    500: '#551f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f97;
$custom-light: #8c61b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3941,
    "c": 0.17929,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F97

secondary

#8EBF52

accent

#E93F9C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F97

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

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