#552A99#552A99

#552A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.169 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A99
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 44.05, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 69.20, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0732 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.169 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3225, 5.8869, 30.7232)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A99 #6E992A

analogous

#2A3799 #552A99 #8C2A99

triadic

#552A99 #99552A #2A9955

tetradic

#552A99 #992A37 #6E992A #2A998C

square

#552A99 #992A37 #6E992A #2A998C

split-complementary

#552A99 #998C2A #37992A

monochromatic

#201039 #3A1D69 #552A99 #7038C8 #9268D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#552A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A99

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A99	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.169 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b8',
    500: '#552a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a99;
$custom-light: #8b67b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.243,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40857,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A99

secondary

#99BC63

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A99

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

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