#552C83#552C83

#552C83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.141 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C83
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 131)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 37.05, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 55.99, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0744 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.141 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7428, 5.3713, 22.0445)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C83 #5A832C

analogous

#2C2F83 #552C83 #812C83

triadic

#552C83 #83552C #2C8355

tetradic

#552C83 #832C2F #5A832C #2C8381

square

#552C83 #832C2F #5A832C #2C8381

split-complementary

#552C83 #83812C #2F832C

monochromatic

#1A0D27 #371D55 #552C83 #733BB1 #9260CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#552C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C83

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C83	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.141 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968a8',
    500: '#552c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c83;
$custom-light: #8968a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39339,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C83

secondary

#88B05B

accent

#D94F98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C83

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

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