#552599#552599

#552599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.175 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552599
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 46.50, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 71.86, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.078 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.175 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1561, 5.5541, 30.6678)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552599 #699925

analogous

#252F99 #552599 #8F2599

triadic

#552599 #995525 #259955

tetradic

#552599 #99252F #699925 #25998F

square

#552599 #99252F #699925 #25998F

split-complementary

#552599 #998F25 #2F9925

monochromatic

#1E0D36 #3A1968 #552599 #7031CA #9260D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#552599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552599

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552599	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.175 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65b8',
    500: '#552599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552599;
$custom-light: #8c65b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40245,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552599

secondary

#95BE5C

accent

#E444A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552599

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

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