#552181#552181

#552181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.153 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552181
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 42.19, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 61.16, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0872 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.153 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2517, 4.6040, 21.2186)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552181 #4D8121

analogous

#252181 #552181 #81217D

triadic

#552181 #815521 #218155

tetradic

#552181 #812521 #4D8121 #217D81

square

#552181 #812521 #4D8121 #217D81

split-complementary

#552181 #7D8121 #218125

monochromatic

#150820 #351550 #552181 #752DB2 #944BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#552181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#552181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552181

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552181	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.153 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a6',
    500: '#552181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552181;
$custom-light: #8961a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37722,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552181

secondary

#7BB44A

accent

#E2458D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552181

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

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