#552B85#552B85

#552B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.144 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B85
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 38.13, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 57.70, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0754 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.144 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8428, 5.3525, 22.7530)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B85 #5B852B

analogous

#2B2E85 #552B85 #822B85

triadic

#552B85 #85552B #2B8555

tetradic

#552B85 #852B2E #5B852B #2B8582

square

#552B85 #852B2E #5B852B #2B8582

split-complementary

#552B85 #85822B #2E852B

monochromatic

#1A0D29 #371C57 #552B85 #733AB3 #925FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#552B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B85

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B85	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.144 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967a9',
    500: '#552b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b85;
$custom-light: #8967a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39349,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B85

secondary

#89B15B

accent

#DB4D99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B85

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

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