#551380

Color #551380

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 8.13 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#551380

RGB

rgb(85, 19, 128)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 74.1%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 85.2%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 85.2%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(23.52, 47.61, -46.98)

LCH

lch(23.52, 66.89, 315.38)

OKLCH

oklch(36.3%, 0.1671, 306.8)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 7.5%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e8013

Analogous

#1e1380

#551380

#801374

Triadic

#551380

#805513

#138055

Split-complementary

#551380

#748013

#13801e

Tetradic

#551380

#80133e

#3e8013

#138055

Square

#551380

#801e13

#3e8013

#137480

Shades

Color #551380 mixed toward black.

#47106b

#390d55

#2a0a40

#1c062b

#0e0315

Tints

Color #551380 mixed toward white.

#781bb5

#992ce0

#b261e7

#cc96ef

#e5caf7

Tones

Color #551380 mixed toward gray.

#531c77

#51256e

#4f2e65

#4d375c

#4b4053

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.79:1

White text reads better on this background (11.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424171 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#45486d · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#536360 · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 26.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #551380;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#551380]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#551380 (#551380) is rgb(85, 19, 128) in RGB.

No, #551380 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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