#552B8B#552B8B

#552B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.152 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B8B
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 39.73, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 61.01, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0746 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.152 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2692, 5.5230, 24.9988)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B8B #618B2B

analogous

#2B318B #552B8B #852B8B

triadic

#552B8B #8B552B #2B8B55

tetradic

#552B8B #8B2B31 #618B2B #2B8B85

square

#552B8B #8B2B31 #618B2B #2B8B85

split-complementary

#552B8B #8B852B #318B2B

monochromatic

#1C0E2E #381D5C #552B8B #7239BA #9162CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#552B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B8B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B8B	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.152 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67ae',
    500: '#552b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b8b;
$custom-light: #8a67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39824,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B8B

secondary

#8EB55D

accent

#DC4C9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B8B

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

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