#552B8D#552B8D

#552B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.154 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B8D
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 40.27, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 62.11, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.0743 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.154 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4167, 5.5820, 25.7755)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B8D #638D2B

analogous

#2B328D #552B8D #862B8D

triadic

#552B8D #8D552B #2B8D55

tetradic

#552B8D #8D2B32 #638D2B #2B8D86

square

#552B8D #8D2B32 #638D2B #2B8D86

split-complementary

#552B8D #8D862B #328D2B

monochromatic

#1C0E2F #391D5E #552B8D #7139BC #9163CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#552B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B8D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B8D	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.154 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67af',
    500: '#552b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b8d;
$custom-light: #8a67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39986,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B8D

secondary

#90B65E

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B8D

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

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