#552B87#552B87

#552B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.147 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B87
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 38.66, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 58.81, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0751 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.147 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9823, 5.4083, 23.4876)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B87 #5D872B

analogous

#2B2F87 #552B87 #832B87

triadic

#552B87 #87552B #2B8755

tetradic

#552B87 #872B2F #5D872B #2B8783

square

#552B87 #872B2F #5D872B #2B8783

split-complementary

#552B87 #87832B #2F872B

monochromatic

#1B0D2A #381C59 #552B87 #723AB5 #9160CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#552B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B87

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B87	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.147 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ab',
    500: '#552b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b87;
$custom-light: #8967ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39506,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B87

secondary

#8BB25B

accent

#DB4D9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B87

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →