#552B90#552B90

#552B90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.158 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B90
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 70.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 41.08, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 63.76, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0739 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.158 298)
XYZ	xyz(9.6429, 5.6725, 26.9670)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B90 #66902B

analogous

#2B3490 #552B90 #882B90

triadic

#552B90 #90552B #2B9055

tetradic

#552B90 #902B34 #66902B #2B9088

square

#552B90 #902B34 #66902B #2B9088

split-complementary

#552B90 #90882B #34902B

monochromatic

#1D0F32 #391D61 #552B90 #7139BF #9265D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#552B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552B90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B90

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B90	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.158 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b1',
    500: '#552b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b90;
$custom-light: #8a68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 54.011,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40231,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B90

secondary

#93B760

accent

#DD4AA0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B90

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

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