#552B98#552B98

#552B98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.167 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B98
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 152)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 43.26, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 68.11, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0725 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.167 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2762, 5.9258, 30.3020)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B98 #6E982B

analogous

#2B3898 #552B98 #8B2B98

triadic

#552B98 #98552B #2B9855

tetradic

#552B98 #982B38 #6E982B #2B988B

square

#552B98 #982B38 #6E982B #2B988B

split-complementary

#552B98 #988B2B #38982B

monochromatic

#201039 #3A1E68 #552B98 #7039C7 #9269D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#552B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#552B98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B98

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B98	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.167 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b7',
    500: '#552b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b98;
$custom-light: #8b68b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40902,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B98

secondary

#99BB64

accent

#DF49A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B98

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

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