#552C88#552C88

#552C88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.147 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C88
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 38.39, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 58.76, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% 0.0739 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.147 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0898, 5.5102, 23.8725)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C88 #5F882C

analogous

#2C3188 #552C88 #832C88

triadic

#552C88 #88552C #2C8855

tetradic

#552C88 #882C31 #5F882C #2C8883

square

#552C88 #882C31 #5F882C #2C8883

split-complementary

#552C88 #88832C #31882C

monochromatic

#1B0E2C #381D5A #552C88 #723BB6 #9162CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#552C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552C88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C88

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C88	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.147 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ab',
    500: '#552c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c88;
$custom-light: #8968ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39727,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C88

secondary

#8DB35D

accent

#DB4D9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C88

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

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