#552B96#552B96

#552B96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.165 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B96
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 150)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 42.72, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 67.03, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0728 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.165 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1138, 5.8608, 29.4466)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B96 #6C962B

analogous

#2B3796 #552B96 #8A2B96

triadic

#552B96 #96552B #2B9655

tetradic

#552B96 #962B37 #6C962B #2B968A

square

#552B96 #962B37 #6C962B #2B968A

split-complementary

#552B96 #968A2B #37962B

monochromatic

#1F1037 #3A1D66 #552B96 #7039C6 #9268D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#552B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#552B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B96

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B96	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.165 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b6',
    500: '#552b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b96;
$custom-light: #8b68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.551,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40732,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B96

secondary

#98BA63

accent

#DF49A4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B96

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

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