#552B82#552B82

#552B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.141 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B82
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 130)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 66.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 37.34, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 56.04, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0757 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.141 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6385, 5.2707, 21.6770)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B82 #58822B

analogous

#2B2C82 #552B82 #812B82

triadic

#552B82 #82552B #2B8255

tetradic

#552B82 #822B2C #58822B #2B8281

square

#552B82 #822B2C #58822B #2B8281

split-complementary

#552B82 #82812B #2C822B

monochromatic

#190D26 #371C54 #552B82 #733AB0 #925ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#552B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B82

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B82	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.141 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967a7',
    500: '#552b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b82;
$custom-light: #8967a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 50.289,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39117,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B82

secondary

#86B059

accent

#DA4E96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B82

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

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