#552C8A#552C8A

#552C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.149 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C8A
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 38.93, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 59.87, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.0736 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.149 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2333, 5.5675, 24.6280)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C8A #618A2C

analogous

#2C328A #552C8A #842C8A

triadic

#552C8A #8A552C #2C8A55

tetradic

#552C8A #8A2C32 #618A2C #2C8A84

square

#552C8A #8A2C32 #618A2C #2C8A84

split-complementary

#552C8A #8A842C #328A2C

monochromatic

#1C0E2D #381D5C #552C8A #723BB8 #9163CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#552C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C8A

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C8A	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.149 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ad',
    500: '#552c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c8a;
$custom-light: #8968ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.17,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39885,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C8A

secondary

#8EB45E

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C8A

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

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