#552085#552085

#552085 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.159 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552085
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 75.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 43.66, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 63.80, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0875 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.159 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4955, 4.6578, 22.6372)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552085 #508520

analogous

#222085 #552085 #852083

triadic

#552085 #855520 #208555

tetradic

#552085 #852220 #508520 #208385

square

#552085 #852220 #508520 #208385

split-complementary

#552085 #838520 #208522

monochromatic

#160822 #351454 #552085 #752CB6 #934CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#552085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#552085 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552085

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552085	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.159 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61a9',
    500: '#552085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552085;
$custom-light: #8a61a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37938,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552085

secondary

#7EB74A

accent

#E44390

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552085

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

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