#552090#552090

#552090 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.171 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552090
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 144)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 77.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 46.44, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 69.60, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0848 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.171 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2956, 4.9778, 26.8512)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552090 #5B9020

analogous

#202390 #552090 #8D2090

triadic

#552090 #905520 #209055

tetradic

#552090 #902023 #5B9020 #20908D

square

#552090 #902023 #5B9020 #20908D

split-complementary

#552090 #908D20 #239020

monochromatic

#1A0A2C #37155E #552090 #732BC2 #9252D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#552090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552090 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552090

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552090	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.171 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62b1',
    500: '#552090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552090;
$custom-light: #8b62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38886,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552090

secondary

#89BC50

accent

#E74198

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552090

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

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