#552A8B#552A8B

#552A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.153 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A8B
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 40.27, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 61.60, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0758 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.153 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2333, 5.4512, 24.9868)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A8B #608B2A

analogous

#2A2F8B #552A8B #852A8B

triadic

#552A8B #8B552A #2A8B55

tetradic

#552A8B #8B2A2F #608B2A #2A8B85

square

#552A8B #8B2A2F #608B2A #2A8B85

split-complementary

#552A8B #8B852A #2F8B2A

monochromatic

#1C0E2D #381C5C #552A8B #7238BA #9160CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#552A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A8B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A8B	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.153 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67ae',
    500: '#552a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a8b;
$custom-light: #8a67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39687,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A8B

secondary

#8DB55C

accent

#DD4B9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A8B

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

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