#552C8B#552C8B

#552C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.150 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C8B
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 39.20, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 60.42, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0735 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.15 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3060, 5.5966, 25.0111)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C8B #628B2C

analogous

#2C328B #552C8B #842C8B

triadic

#552C8B #8B552C #2C8B55

tetradic

#552C8B #8B2C32 #628B2C #2C8B84

square

#552C8B #8B2C32 #628B2C #2C8B84

split-complementary

#552C8B #8B842C #328B2C

monochromatic

#1C0F2E #391D5D #552C8B #713BB9 #9164CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#552C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C8B

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C8B	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.150 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ae',
    500: '#552c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c8b;
$custom-light: #8968ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.895,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39965,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C8B

secondary

#8FB45F

accent

#DB4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C8B

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

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