#552491#552491

#552491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.167 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552491
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 44.86, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 68.13, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.0808 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.167 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4867, 5.2373, 27.2937)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552491 #609124

analogous

#242A91 #552491 #8B2491

triadic

#552491 #915524 #249155

tetradic

#552491 #91242A #609124 #24918B

square

#552491 #91242A #609124 #24918B

split-complementary

#552491 #918B24 #2A9124

monochromatic

#1C0C2F #381860 #552491 #7230C2 #9159D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#552491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552491

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552491	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.167 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64b2',
    500: '#552491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552491;
$custom-light: #8b64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39426,
    "c": 0.16735,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552491

secondary

#8DBA56

accent

#E3449C

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552491

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

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