#552B95#552B95

#552B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.163 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B95
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 42.44, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 66.48, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.073 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.163 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0336, 5.8288, 29.0244)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B95 #6B952B

analogous

#2B3695 #552B95 #8A2B95

triadic

#552B95 #95552B #2B9555

tetradic

#552B95 #952B36 #6B952B #2B958A

square

#552B95 #952B36 #6B952B #2B958A

split-complementary

#552B95 #958A2B #36952B

monochromatic

#1F1036 #3A1D66 #552B95 #7039C4 #9267D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#552B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#552B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B95

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B95	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.163 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b5',
    500: '#552b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b95;
$custom-light: #8b68b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40648,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B95

secondary

#97BA62

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B95

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

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