#552A91#552A91

#552A91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.160 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A91
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 145)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 71%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 41.88, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 64.87, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0748 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.16 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6838, 5.6314, 27.3593)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A91 #66912A

analogous

#2A3291 #552A91 #892A91

triadic

#552A91 #91552A #2A9155

tetradic

#552A91 #912A32 #66912A #2A9189

square

#552A91 #912A32 #66912A #2A9189

split-complementary

#552A91 #91892A #32912A

monochromatic

#1D0F32 #391C62 #552A91 #7138C0 #9263D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#552A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552A91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A91

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A91	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.160 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67b2',
    500: '#552a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a91;
$custom-light: #8a67b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40179,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A91

secondary

#93B85F

accent

#DE49A0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A91

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

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