#552B94#552B94

#552B94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.162 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B94
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 148)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 42.17, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 65.94, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0732 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.162 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9541, 5.7970, 28.6057)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B94 #6A942B

analogous

#2B3594 #552B94 #8A2B94

triadic

#552B94 #94552B #2B9455

tetradic

#552B94 #942B35 #6A942B #2B948A

square

#552B94 #942B35 #6A942B #2B948A

split-complementary

#552B94 #948A2B #35942B

monochromatic

#1F0F35 #3A1D65 #552B94 #7039C3 #9267D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#552B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#552B94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B94

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B94	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.162 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b4',
    500: '#552b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b94;
$custom-light: #8b68b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 54.974,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40564,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B94

secondary

#96B962

accent

#DE49A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B94

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

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