#552B88#552B88

#552B88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.148 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B88
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 38.93, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 59.36, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.075 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.148 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0530, 5.4366, 23.8602)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B88 #5E882B

analogous

#2B2F88 #552B88 #832B88

triadic

#552B88 #88552B #2B8855

tetradic

#552B88 #882B2F #5E882B #2B8883

square

#552B88 #882B2F #5E882B #2B8883

split-complementary

#552B88 #88832B #2F882B

monochromatic

#1B0E2B #381C5A #552B88 #723AB6 #9161CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#552B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B88

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B88	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.148 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ab',
    500: '#552b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b88;
$custom-light: #8967ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 51.955,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39585,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B88

secondary

#8CB35C

accent

#DB4C9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B88

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

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