#552B89#552B89

#552B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.149 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B89
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 39.20, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 59.91, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.0749 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.149 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1244, 5.4651, 24.2362)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B89 #5F892B

analogous

#2B3089 #552B89 #842B89

triadic

#552B89 #89552B #2B8955

tetradic

#552B89 #892B30 #5F892B #2B8984

square

#552B89 #892B30 #5F892B #2B8984

split-complementary

#552B89 #89842B #30892B

monochromatic

#1B0E2C #381C5A #552B89 #723AB8 #9161CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#552B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B89

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B89	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.149 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ac',
    500: '#552b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b89;
$custom-light: #8967ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39664,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B89

secondary

#8DB35C

accent

#DC4C9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B89

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

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