#552A89#552A89

#552A89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.151 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A89
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 69.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 39.73, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 60.50, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.076 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.151 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0885, 5.3933, 24.2242)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A89 #5E892A

analogous

#2A2E89 #552A89 #852A89

triadic

#552A89 #89552A #2A8955

tetradic

#552A89 #892A2E #5E892A #2A8985

square

#552A89 #892A2E #5E892A #2A8985

split-complementary

#552A89 #89852A #2E892A

monochromatic

#1B0D2B #381C5A #552A89 #7238B8 #915FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#552A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A89

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A89	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.151 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ac',
    500: '#552a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a89;
$custom-light: #8967ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.158,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39525,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A89

secondary

#8CB45B

accent

#DC4B9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A89

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

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