#552899#552899

#552899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.172 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552899
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 45.05, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 70.29, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0752 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.172 296)
XYZ	xyz(10.2533, 5.7486, 30.7002)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552899 #6C9928

analogous

#283399 #552899 #8D2899

triadic

#552899 #995528 #289955

tetradic

#552899 #992833 #6C9928 #28998D

square

#552899 #992833 #6C9928 #28998D

split-complementary

#552899 #998D28 #339928

monochromatic

#1F0F38 #3A1B68 #552899 #7035CA #9265D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#552899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552899

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552899	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.172 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66b8',
    500: '#552899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552899;
$custom-light: #8b66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40605,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552899

secondary

#98BD60

accent

#E246A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552899

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

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