#552B97#552B97

#552B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.166 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B97
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, 42.99, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 67.57, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0726 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.166 296)
XYZ	xyz(10.1946, 5.8932, 29.8725)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B97 #6D972B

analogous

#2B3797 #552B97 #8B2B97

triadic

#552B97 #97552B #2B9755

tetradic

#552B97 #972B37 #6D972B #2B978B

square

#552B97 #972B37 #6D972B #2B978B

split-complementary

#552B97 #978B2B #37972B

monochromatic

#1F1038 #3A1D67 #552B97 #7039C7 #9268D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#552B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B97

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B97	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.166 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b6',
    500: '#552b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b97;
$custom-light: #8b68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40817,
    "c": 0.16583,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B97

secondary

#99BB63

accent

#DF49A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B97

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

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