#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
RGBrgb(85, 36, 153)
HSLhsl(265, 62%, 37%)
HSVhsv(265, 76%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(44.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(28.09, 46.96, -55.06)
CIE-LCHlch(28.09, 72.37, 310.46°)
OKLaboklab(40.13% 0.0789 -0.1576)
OKLCHoklch(40.13% 0.176 296.6)
XYZxyz(10.1254, 5.4927, 30.6575)
Luminance0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##5524991.0010.012.1010.01
#FFFFFF10.011.0021.001.00
#0000002.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.011.0021.001.00

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

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#552499 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva