#552888#552888

#552888 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.152 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552888
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 136)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 40.52, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 61.11, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0784 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.152 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.9480, 5.2264, 23.8252)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552888 #5B8828

analogous

#282B88 #552888 #852888

triadic

#552888 #885528 #288855

tetradic

#552888 #88282B #5B8828 #288885

square

#552888 #88282B #5B8828 #288885

split-complementary

#552888 #888528 #2B8828

monochromatic

#1A0C29 #371A59 #552888 #7336B7 #925BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#552888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552888 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552888

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552888	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.152 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966ab',
    500: '#552888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552888;
$custom-light: #8966ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39174,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552888

secondary

#89B458

accent

#DE4A99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552888

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

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