#551FA0#551FA0

#551FA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.189 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551FA0
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 50.96, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 78.36, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0809 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.189 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5797, 5.4491, 33.7452)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551FA0 #6AA01F

analogous

#1F2AA0 #551FA0 #951FA0

triadic

#551FA0 #A0551F #1FA055

tetradic

#551FA0 #A01F2A #6AA01F #1FA095

square

#551FA0 #A01F2A #6AA01F #1FA095

split-complementary

#551FA0 #A0951F #2AA01F

monochromatic

#1F0B39 #3A156D #551FA0 #7029D3 #925ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#551FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#551FA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551FA0

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551FA0	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.189 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62bd',
    500: '#551fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551fa0;
$custom-light: #8d62bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 67.539,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40244,
    "c": 0.18888,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551FA0

secondary

#96C358

accent

#EA3DA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #551FA0

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

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