#552499#552499

#552499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.176 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552499
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 46.96, -55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 72.37, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0789 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.176 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1254, 5.4927, 30.6575)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552499 #689924

analogous

#242E99 #552499 #902499

triadic

#552499 #995524 #249955

tetradic

#552499 #99242E #689924 #249990

square

#552499 #99242E #689924 #249990

split-complementary

#552499 #999024 #2E9924

monochromatic

#1E0D36 #391867 #552499 #7130CB #925ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#552499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552499

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552499	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.176 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64b8',
    500: '#552499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552499;
$custom-light: #8c64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4013,
    "c": 0.17626,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552499

secondary

#94BE5B

accent

#E543A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552499

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

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