#552A96#552A96

#552A96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.166 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A96
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 150)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 72%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 43.23, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 67.59, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0738 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.166 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0778, 5.7890, 29.4347)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A96 #6B962A

analogous

#2A3596 #552A96 #8B2A96

triadic

#552A96 #96552A #2A9655

tetradic

#552A96 #962A35 #6B962A #2A968B

square

#552A96 #962A35 #6B962A #2A968B

split-complementary

#552A96 #968B2A #35962A

monochromatic

#1F0F36 #3A1D66 #552A96 #7037C6 #9266D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#552A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#552A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A96

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A96	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.166 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b6',
    500: '#552a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a96;
$custom-light: #8b67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.406,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A96

secondary

#97BA61

accent

#E048A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A96

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

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