#552C8C#552C8C

#552C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.151 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C8C
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 39.47, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 60.97, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0734 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.151 299)
XYZ	xyz(9.3794, 5.6260, 25.3976)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C8C #638C2C

analogous

#2C338C #552C8C #852C8C

triadic

#552C8C #8C552C #2C8C55

tetradic

#552C8C #8C2C33 #638C2C #2C8C85

square

#552C8C #8C2C33 #638C2C #2C8C85

split-complementary

#552C8C #8C852C #338C2C

monochromatic

#1C0F2F #391D5D #552C8C #713BBB #9164CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#552C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C8C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C8C	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.151 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68ae',
    500: '#552c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c8c;
$custom-light: #8a68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.625,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40045,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C8C

secondary

#90B55F

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C8C

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

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