#552597#552597

#552597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.173 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552597
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 45.97, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 70.80, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0785 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.173 297)
XYZ	xyz(9.9923, 5.4886, 29.8051)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552597 #679725

analogous

#252E97 #552597 #8E2597

triadic

#552597 #975525 #259755

tetradic

#552597 #97252E #679725 #25978E

square

#552597 #97252E #679725 #25978E

split-complementary

#552597 #978E25 #2E9725

monochromatic

#1E0D35 #391966 #552597 #7131C8 #925FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#552597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552597

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552597	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)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.173 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65b7',
    500: '#552597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552597;
$custom-light: #8b65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40068,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552597

secondary

#94BD5B

accent

#E444A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552597

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

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