#552399#552399

#552399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.177 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552399
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, 47.42, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 72.86, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0797 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.177 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0956, 5.4331, 30.6476)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552399 #679923

analogous

#232C99 #552399 #902399

triadic

#552399 #995523 #239955

tetradic

#552399 #99232C #679923 #239990

square

#552399 #99232C #679923 #239990

split-complementary

#552399 #999023 #2C9923

monochromatic

#1E0C35 #391867 #552399 #712ECB #925DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#552399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552399

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552399	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.177 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64b8',
    500: '#552399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552399;
$custom-light: #8c64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40017,
    "c": 0.17734,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552399

secondary

#94BE59

accent

#E642A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552399

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

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