#552A87#552A87

#552A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.148 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A87
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 39.20, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 59.40, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0763 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.148 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.9464, 5.3364, 23.4757)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A87 #5C872A

analogous

#2A2E87 #552A87 #842A87

triadic

#552A87 #87552A #2A8755

tetradic

#552A87 #872A2E #5C872A #2A8784

square

#552A87 #872A2E #5C872A #2A8784

split-complementary

#552A87 #87842A #2E872A

monochromatic

#1A0D2A #381B58 #552A87 #7239B6 #925ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#552A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A87

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A87	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.148 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ab',
    500: '#552a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a87;
$custom-light: #8967ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39366,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A87

secondary

#8AB35A

accent

#DC4C99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A87

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

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