#552A8D#552A8D

#552A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.155 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A8D
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 40.80, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 62.69, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0754 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.155 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3808, 5.5102, 25.7635)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A8D #628D2A

analogous

#2A308D #552A8D #862A8D

triadic

#552A8D #8D552A #2A8D55

tetradic

#552A8D #8D2A30 #628D2A #2A8D86

square

#552A8D #8D2A30 #628D2A #2A8D86

split-complementary

#552A8D #8D862A #308D2A

monochromatic

#1C0E2F #391C5E #552A8D #7138BC #9161D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#552A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A8D

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A8D	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.155 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67af',
    500: '#552a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a8d;
$custom-light: #8a67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39849,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A8D

secondary

#8FB65D

accent

#DD4A9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A8D

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

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