#551F98#551F98

#551F98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.180 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F98
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 152)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 79.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 48.91, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 74.24, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0834 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.18 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9023, 5.1781, 30.1774)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F98 #62981F

analogous

#1F2598 #551F98 #911F98

triadic

#551F98 #98551F #1F9855

tetradic

#551F98 #981F25 #62981F #1F9891

square

#551F98 #981F25 #62981F #1F9891

split-complementary

#551F98 #98911F #25981F

monochromatic

#1C0A32 #391565 #551F98 #7129CB #9155DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#551F98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#551F98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F98

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F98	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.180 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62b7',
    500: '#551f98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f98;
$custom-light: #8c62b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.777,
    "s": 66.12,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39501,
    "c": 0.18036,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F98

secondary

#8FC053

accent

#E93F9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F98

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →