#552A95#552A95

#552A95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.165 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A95
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 149)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 71.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 42.96, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 67.05, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.074 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.165 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9977, 5.7569, 29.0124)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A95 #6A952A

analogous

#2A3595 #552A95 #8A2A95

triadic

#552A95 #95552A #2A9555

tetradic

#552A95 #952A35 #6A952A #2A958A

square

#552A95 #952A35 #6A952A #2A958A

split-complementary

#552A95 #958A2A #35952A

monochromatic

#1F0F36 #3A1D65 #552A95 #7037C5 #9266D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#552A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552A95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A95

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A95	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.165 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b5',
    500: '#552a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a95;
$custom-light: #8b67b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.112,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40516,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A95

secondary

#96BA61

accent

#DF48A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A95

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

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