#552B8E#552B8E

#552B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.155 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B8E
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 40.54, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 62.66, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0742 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.155 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4914, 5.6119, 26.1691)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B8E #648E2B

analogous

#2B328E #552B8E #872B8E

triadic

#552B8E #8E552B #2B8E55

tetradic

#552B8E #8E2B32 #648E2B #2B8E87

square

#552B8E #8E2B32 #648E2B #2B8E87

split-complementary

#552B8E #8E872B #328E2B

monochromatic

#1D0F30 #391D5F #552B8E #7139BD #9163D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#552B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B8E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B8E	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.155 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b0',
    500: '#552b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b8e;
$custom-light: #8a68b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40067,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B8E

secondary

#91B65F

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B8E

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

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