#552A85#552A85

#552A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.146 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A85
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 38.67, -43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 58.30, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0766 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.146 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8069, 5.2806, 22.7410)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A85 #5A852A

analogous

#2A2C85 #552A85 #832A85

triadic

#552A85 #85552A #2A8555

tetradic

#552A85 #852A2C #5A852A #2A8583

square

#552A85 #852A2C #5A852A #2A8583

split-complementary

#552A85 #85832A #2C852A

monochromatic

#1A0D28 #371B56 #552A85 #7339B4 #925DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#552A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A85

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A85	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.146 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967a9',
    500: '#552a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a85;
$custom-light: #8967a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39208,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A85

secondary

#88B259

accent

#DB4C98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A85

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

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