#552C8E#552C8E

#552C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.154 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C8E
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 40.01, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 62.08, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0731 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.154 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5282, 5.6855, 26.1814)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C8E #658E2C

analogous

#2C348E #552C8E #862C8E

triadic

#552C8E #8E552C #2C8E55

tetradic

#552C8E #8E2C34 #658E2C #2C8E86

square

#552C8E #8E2C34 #658E2C #2C8E86

split-complementary

#552C8E #8E862C #348E2C

monochromatic

#1D0F31 #391E5F #552C8E #713ABD #9265CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#552C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C8E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C8E	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.154 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b0',
    500: '#552c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c8e;
$custom-light: #8a68b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40206,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C8E

secondary

#92B660

accent

#DC4CA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C8E

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

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