#552A8F#552A8F

#552A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.158 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A8F
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 41.34, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 63.78, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0751 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.158 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5309, 5.5703, 26.5543)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A8F #648F2A

analogous

#2A318F #552A8F #882A8F

triadic

#552A8F #8F552A #2A8F55

tetradic

#552A8F #8F2A31 #648F2A #2A8F88

square

#552A8F #8F2A31 #648F2A #2A8F88

split-complementary

#552A8F #8F882A #318F2A

monochromatic

#1D0E30 #391C60 #552A8F #7138BE #9162D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#552A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A8F

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A8F	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.158 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67b1',
    500: '#552a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a8f;
$custom-light: #8a67b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40014,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A8F

secondary

#91B75E

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A8F

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

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