#552A8E#552A8E

#552A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.156 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A8E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 41.07, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 63.24, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0753 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.156 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4555, 5.5401, 26.1571)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A8E #638E2A

analogous

#2A318E #552A8E #872A8E

triadic

#552A8E #8E552A #2A8E55

tetradic

#552A8E #8E2A31 #638E2A #2A8E87

square

#552A8E #8E2A31 #638E2A #2A8E87

split-complementary

#552A8E #8E872A #318E2A

monochromatic

#1C0E30 #391C5F #552A8E #7138BD #9162D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#552A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A8E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A8E	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.156 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67b0',
    500: '#552a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a8e;
$custom-light: #8a67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39931,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A8E

secondary

#90B65D

accent

#DE4A9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A8E

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

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