#552C85#552C85

#552C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.143 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C85
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, 37.58, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 57.10, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0742 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.143 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8796, 5.4261, 22.7653)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C85 #5C852C

analogous

#2C3085 #552C85 #812C85

triadic

#552C85 #85552C #2C8555

tetradic

#552C85 #852C30 #5C852C #2C8581

square

#552C85 #852C30 #5C852C #2C8581

split-complementary

#552C85 #85812C #30852C

monochromatic

#1A0E29 #381D57 #552C85 #723BB3 #9261CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#552C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C85

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C85	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.143 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968a9',
    500: '#552c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c85;
$custom-light: #8968a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.64,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39493,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C85

secondary

#8AB15C

accent

#DA4E99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C85

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

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