#552B84#552B84

#552B84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.143 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B84
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 132)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 37.86, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 57.15, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0755 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.143 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7741, 5.3250, 22.3909)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B84 #5A842B

analogous

#2B2D84 #552B84 #822B84

triadic

#552B84 #84552B #2B8455

tetradic

#552B84 #842B2D #5A842B #2B8482

square

#552B84 #842B2D #5A842B #2B8482

split-complementary

#552B84 #84822B #2D842B

monochromatic

#1A0D28 #371C56 #552B84 #733AB2 #925FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#552B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B84

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B84	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.143 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967a8',
    500: '#552b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b84;
$custom-light: #8967a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 50.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39271,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B84

secondary

#88B15A

accent

#DA4D98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B84

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

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