#552A97#552A97

#552A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.167 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A97
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 43.50, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 68.13, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0736 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.167 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1587, 5.8214, 29.8606)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A97 #6C972A

analogous

#2A3597 #552A97 #8C2A97

triadic

#552A97 #97552A #2A9755

tetradic

#552A97 #972A35 #6C972A #2A978C

square

#552A97 #972A35 #6C972A #2A978C

split-complementary

#552A97 #978C2A #35972A

monochromatic

#1F0F37 #3A1D67 #552A97 #7037C7 #9267D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#552A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#552A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A97

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A97	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.167 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b6',
    500: '#552a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a97;
$custom-light: #8b67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.67,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40686,
    "c": 0.16706,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A97

secondary

#98BB62

accent

#E048A4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A97

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

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