#552A8A#552A8A

#552A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.152 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A8A
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 40.00, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 61.05, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0759 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.152 300)
XYZ	xyz(9.1606, 5.4221, 24.6038)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A8A #5F8A2A

analogous

#2A2F8A #552A8A #852A8A

triadic

#552A8A #8A552A #2A8A55

tetradic

#552A8A #8A2A2F #5F8A2A #2A8A85

square

#552A8A #8A2A2F #5F8A2A #2A8A85

split-complementary

#552A8A #8A852A #2F8A2A

monochromatic

#1B0D2C #381C5B #552A8A #7238B9 #9160CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#552A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A8A

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A8A	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.152 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67ad',
    500: '#552a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a8a;
$custom-light: #8a67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39606,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A8A

secondary

#8DB45B

accent

#DD4B9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A8A

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

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