#552B8F#552B8F

#552B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.156 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B8F
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 40.81, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 63.21, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.074 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.156 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5669, 5.6421, 26.5663)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B8F #658F2B

analogous

#2B338F #552B8F #872B8F

triadic

#552B8F #8F552B #2B8F55

tetradic

#552B8F #8F2B33 #658F2B #2B8F87

square

#552B8F #8F2B33 #658F2B #2B8F87

split-complementary

#552B8F #8F872B #338F2B

monochromatic

#1D0F31 #391D60 #552B8F #7139BE #9264D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#552B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B8F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B8F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.156 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b1',
    500: '#552b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b8f;
$custom-light: #8a68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 53.763,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40149,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B8F

secondary

#92B75F

accent

#DD4BA0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B8F

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