#552C87#552C87

#552C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.145 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C87
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.07, 38.12, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.07, 58.21, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.074 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.145 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0191, 5.4819, 23.4999)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C87 #5E872C

analogous

#2C3087 #552C87 #822C87

triadic

#552C87 #87552C #2C8755

tetradic

#552C87 #872C30 #5E872C #2C8782

square

#552C87 #872C30 #5E872C #2C8782

split-complementary

#552C87 #87822C #30872C

monochromatic

#1B0E2B #381D59 #552C87 #723BB5 #9162CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#552C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C87

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C87	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.145 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ab',
    500: '#552c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c87;
$custom-light: #8968ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39648,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C87

secondary

#8CB25D

accent

#DA4D9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C87

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

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