#552A98#552A98

#552A98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.168 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A98
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 152)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 43.78, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 68.67, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0735 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.168 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2403, 5.8540, 30.2901)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A98 #6D982A

analogous

#2A3698 #552A98 #8C2A98

triadic

#552A98 #98552A #2A9855

tetradic

#552A98 #982A36 #6D982A #2A988C

square

#552A98 #982A36 #6D982A #2A988C

split-complementary

#552A98 #988C2A #36982A

monochromatic

#1F1038 #3A1D68 #552A98 #7037C8 #9267D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#552A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#552A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A98

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A98	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.168 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b7',
    500: '#552a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a98;
$custom-light: #8b67b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.455,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40771,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A98

secondary

#99BB62

accent

#E048A4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A98

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

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