#552C84#552C84

#552C84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.142 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C84
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 132)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 37.32, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 56.55, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0743 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.142 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8109, 5.3986, 22.4032)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C84 #5B842C

analogous

#2C2F84 #552C84 #812C84

triadic

#552C84 #84552C #2C8455

tetradic

#552C84 #842C2F #5B842C #2C8481

square

#552C84 #842C2F #5B842C #2C8481

split-complementary

#552C84 #84812C #2F842C

monochromatic

#1A0D28 #371D56 #552C84 #733BB2 #9260CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#552C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552C84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C84

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C84	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.142 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968a8',
    500: '#552c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c84;
$custom-light: #8968a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39416,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C84

secondary

#89B05C

accent

#DA4E99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C84

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

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