#552986#552986

#552986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.148 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552986
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 39.47, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 59.44, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% 0.0776 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.148 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8413, 5.2384, 23.0949)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552986 #5A8629

analogous

#292C86 #552986 #842986

triadic

#552986 #865529 #298655

tetradic

#552986 #86292C #5A8629 #298684

square

#552986 #86292C #5A8629 #298684

split-complementary

#552986 #868429 #2C8629

monochromatic

#1A0C28 #371B57 #552986 #7337B5 #925CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#552986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552986

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552986	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.148 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966aa',
    500: '#552986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552986;
$custom-light: #8966aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.387,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39149,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552986

secondary

#88B358

accent

#DD4B98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552986

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

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