#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
RGBrgb(85, 37, 153)
HSLhsl(265, 61%, 37%)
HSVhsv(265, 76%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(44.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(28.26, 46.50, -54.79)
CIE-LCHlch(28.26, 71.86, 310.32°)
OKLaboklab(40.24% 0.078 -0.1569)
OKLCHoklch(40.24% 0.175 296.4)
XYZxyz(10.1561, 5.5541, 30.6678)
Luminance0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##5525991.009.952.119.95
#FFFFFF9.951.0021.001.00
#0000002.1121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.951.0021.001.00

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

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#552599 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva