#551FA7#551FA7

#551FA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.196 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551FA7
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 167)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 81.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 52.76, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 81.92, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0786 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.196 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2094, 5.7009, 37.0615)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551FA7 #71A71F

analogous

#1F2DA7 #551FA7 #991FA7

triadic

#551FA7 #A7551F #1FA755

tetradic

#551FA7 #A71F2D #71A71F #1FA799

square

#551FA7 #A71F2D #71A71F #1FA799

split-complementary

#551FA7 #A7991F #2DA71F

monochromatic

#200C40 #3B1573 #551FA7 #702BD8 #935FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#551FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#551FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551FA7

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551FA7	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.196 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62c2',
    500: '#551fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551fa7;
$custom-light: #8e62c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.824,
    "s": 68.687,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40909,
    "c": 0.19631,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551FA7

secondary

#9CC65C

accent

#EC3CA6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #551FA7

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

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