#552A81#552A81

#552A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.141 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A81
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 37.62, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 56.09, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.077 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.141 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5358, 5.1722, 21.3133)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A81 #56812A

analogous

#2A2A81 #552A81 #802A81

triadic

#552A81 #81552A #2A8155

tetradic

#552A81 #812A2A #56812A #2A8180

square

#552A81 #812A2A #56812A #2A8180

split-complementary

#552A81 #81802A #2A812A

monochromatic

#180C25 #371B53 #552A81 #7339AF #925CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#552A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A81

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A81	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.141 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966a6',
    500: '#552a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a81;
$custom-light: #8966a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38897,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A81

secondary

#84AF57

accent

#DA4D95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A81

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

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