#552895#552895

#552895 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.167 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552895
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 149)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 73.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 43.97, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 68.15, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0761 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.167 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9285, 5.6186, 28.9893)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552895 #689528

analogous

#283195 #552895 #8C2895

triadic

#552895 #955528 #289555

tetradic

#552895 #952831 #689528 #28958C

square

#552895 #952831 #689528 #28958C

split-complementary

#552895 #958C28 #319528

monochromatic

#1E0E35 #391B65 #552895 #7135C5 #9262D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#552895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552895 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552895

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552895	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.167 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66b5',
    500: '#552895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552895;
$custom-light: #8b66b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.771,
    "s": 57.672,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40259,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552895

secondary

#94BB5E

accent

#E147A1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552895

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

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