#552897#552897

#552897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.169 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552897
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 44.51, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 69.22, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0756 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.169 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0895, 5.6830, 29.8375)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552897 #6A9728

analogous

#283397 #552897 #8C2897

triadic

#552897 #975528 #289755

tetradic

#552897 #972833 #6A9728 #28978C

square

#552897 #972833 #6A9728 #28978C

split-complementary

#552897 #978C28 #339728

monochromatic

#1F0E36 #3A1B67 #552897 #7035C7 #9264D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#552897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552897

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552897	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.169 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66b6',
    500: '#552897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552897;
$custom-light: #8b66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40431,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552897

secondary

#96BC5F

accent

#E146A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552897

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

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