#552C86#552C86

#552C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.144 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C86
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 134)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 67.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 37.85, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 57.66, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0741 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.144 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9490, 5.4538, 23.1309)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C86 #5D862C

analogous

#2C3086 #552C86 #822C86

triadic

#552C86 #86552C #2C8655

tetradic

#552C86 #862C30 #5D862C #2C8682

square

#552C86 #862C30 #5D862C #2C8682

split-complementary

#552C86 #86822C #30862C

monochromatic

#1B0E2A #381D58 #552C86 #723BB4 #9161CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#552C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C86

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C86	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.144 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968aa',
    500: '#552c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c86;
$custom-light: #8968aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3957,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C86

secondary

#8BB15C

accent

#DA4E9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C86

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

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