#552C8D#552C8D

#552C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.153 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C8D
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 39.74, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 61.53, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0732 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.153 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4535, 5.6556, 25.7877)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C8D #648D2C

analogous

#2C348D #552C8D #862C8D

triadic

#552C8D #8D552C #2C8D55

tetradic

#552C8D #8D2C34 #648D2C #2C8D86

square

#552C8D #8D2C34 #648D2C #2C8D86

split-complementary

#552C8D #8D862C #348D2C

monochromatic

#1D0F30 #391D5E #552C8D #713BBC #9165CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#552C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C8D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C8D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.153 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68af',
    500: '#552c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c8d;
$custom-light: #8a68af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40125,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C8D

secondary

#91B560

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C8D

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

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