#552B83#552B83

#552B83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.142 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B83
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 131)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 67.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 37.60, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 56.60, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% 0.0756 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.142 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7060, 5.2977, 22.0322)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B83 #59832B

analogous

#2B2D83 #552B83 #812B83

triadic

#552B83 #83552B #2B8355

tetradic

#552B83 #832B2D #59832B #2B8381

square

#552B83 #832B2D #59832B #2B8381

split-complementary

#552B83 #83812B #2D832B

monochromatic

#190D27 #371C55 #552B83 #733AB1 #925ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#552B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B83

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B83	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.142 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967a8',
    500: '#552b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b83;
$custom-light: #8967a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39194,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B83

secondary

#87B05A

accent

#DA4E97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B83

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

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