#552B81#552B81

#552B81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.140 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B81
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 37.07, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 55.49, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0758 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.14 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5717, 5.2440, 21.3252)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B81 #57812B

analogous

#2B2C81 #552B81 #802B81

triadic

#552B81 #81552B #2B8155

tetradic

#552B81 #812B2C #57812B #2B8180

square

#552B81 #812B2C #57812B #2B8180

split-complementary

#552B81 #81802B #2C812B

monochromatic

#190C25 #371C53 #552B81 #733AAF #925DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#552B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B81

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B81	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D417F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.140 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967a6',
    500: '#552b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b81;
$custom-light: #8967a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39041,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B81

secondary

#85AF59

accent

#DA4E96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B81

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

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