#5531AA#5531AA

#5531AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.181 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5531AA
RGB	rgb(85, 49, 170)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 45.16, -59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 74.44, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.0631 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.181 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0983, 7.0297, 38.7418)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5531AA #86AA31

analogous

#314AAA #5531AA #9131AA

triadic

#5531AA #AA5531 #31AA55

tetradic

#5531AA #AA314A #86AA31 #31AA91

square

#5531AA #AA314A #86AA31 #31AA91

split-complementary

#5531AA #AA9131 #4AAA31

monochromatic

#25164B #3D237A #5531AA #724DCC #987CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#5531AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5531AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5531AA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5531AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5531AA	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5531aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 49, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.181 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6cc4',
    500: '#5531aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5531aa;
$custom-light: #8d6cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5531aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.851,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4326,
    "c": 0.18116,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5531AA

secondary

#ABC275

accent

#DF49B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5531AA

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

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