#552497#552497

#552497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.174 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552497
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, 46.44, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 71.31, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0794 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.174 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9616, 5.4272, 29.7949)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552497 #669724

analogous

#242D97 #552497 #8F2497

triadic

#552497 #975524 #249755

tetradic

#552497 #97242D #669724 #24978F

square

#552497 #97242D #669724 #24978F

split-complementary

#552497 #978F24 #2D9724

monochromatic

#1D0C34 #391866 #552497 #7130C8 #925DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#552497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552497

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552497	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.174 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64b7',
    500: '#552497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552497;
$custom-light: #8b64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.565,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39952,
    "c": 0.17404,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552497

secondary

#93BD5A

accent

#E543A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552497

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

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