#552C81#552C81

#552C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.138 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C81
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 36.52, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 54.88, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% 0.0745 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.138 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6085, 5.3176, 21.3375)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C81 #58812C

analogous

#2C2E81 #552C81 #802C81

triadic

#552C81 #81552C #2C8155

tetradic

#552C81 #812C2E #58812C #2C8180

square

#552C81 #812C2E #58812C #2C8180

split-complementary

#552C81 #81802C #2E812C

monochromatic

#190D26 #371C53 #552C81 #733CAF #925FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#552C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C81

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C81	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10417F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.138 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a6',
    500: '#552c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c81;
$custom-light: #8868a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39187,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C81

secondary

#86AF5A

accent

#D94F96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C81

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

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