#552B8A#552B8A

#552B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.150 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B8A
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.10, 39.47, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.10, 60.46, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.0748 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.15 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1965, 5.4939, 24.6157)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.01

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B8A #608A2B

analogous

#2B318A #552B8A #842B8A

triadic

#552B8A #8A552B #2B8A55

tetradic

#552B8A #8A2B31 #608A2B #2B8A84

square

#552B8A #8A2B31 #608A2B #2B8A84

split-complementary

#552B8A #8A842B #318A2B

monochromatic

#1C0E2D #381C5B #552B8A #723AB9 #9161CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#552B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B8A

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B8A	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.150 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ad',
    500: '#552b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b8a;
$custom-light: #8967ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.526,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39744,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B8A

secondary

#8DB45D

accent

#DC4C9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B8A

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

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