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#551DFF

#551dff ≈ Han Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#551dff is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 11.37% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 88.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.87°, with 100% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Han Purple (#5218fa), ΔE 1.08.

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Relative luminance0.1003

Complementary

  1. #551dff
  2. #c7ff1d

Split complementary

  1. #551dff
  2. #ffc61d
  3. #56ff1d

Analogous

  1. #1d56ff
  2. #551dff
  3. #c61dff

Triadic

  1. #551dff
  2. #ff551d
  3. #1dff55

Tetradic

  1. #551dff
  2. #ff1dc7
  3. #c7ff1d
  4. #1dff55

Square

  1. #551dff
  2. #ff1d56
  3. #c7ff1d
  4. #1dffc6

Monochromatic

  1. #200083
  2. #3300d0
  3. #551dff
  4. #8f6aff
  5. #c8b6ff

Shades

#551dff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #551dff
  2. #4d1ae6
  3. #4417cc
  4. #3c14b3
  5. #331199
  6. #2b0f80
  7. #220c66
  8. #1a094d
  9. #110633
  10. #09031a
  11. #000000

Tints

#551dff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #551dff
  2. #6634ff
  3. #774aff
  4. #8861ff
  5. #9977ff
  6. #aa8eff
  7. #bba5ff
  8. #ccbbff
  9. #ddd2ff
  10. #eee8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#551dff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #551dff
  2. #5927f2
  3. #5e31e6
  4. #623bd9
  5. #6645cc
  6. #6b4fc0
  7. #6f58b3
  8. #7362a6
  9. #776c99
  10. #7c768d
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #595959 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5848b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0061ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0050fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006d98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #004eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0041fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0057ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-551dff {
  color: #551dff;
}
Background
.bg-551dff {
  background-color: #551dff;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-551dff {
  border: 2px solid #551dff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #551dff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 29 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-551dff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #551dff, #c61dff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-551dff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 29 255 / 0.35);
}

#5218fa Han Purple ΔE 1.08 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 2.75 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.99 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.08 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.82 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.49 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.09 #aae200 Inverted #595959 Grayscale 

Han Purple
#551dff  rgb(85, 29, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 56%)  Han Purple
#c7ff1d  rgb(199, 255, 29)  hsl(75, 100%, 56%)  Electric Lime
#ff551d  rgb(255, 85, 29)  hsl(15, 100%, 56%)  International Orange
#1dff55  rgb(29, 255, 85)  hsl(135, 100%, 56%)  Lime