#552C8F#552C8F

#552C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.155 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C8F
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 40.28, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 62.63, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0729 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.155 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6037, 5.7157, 26.5785)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C8F #668F2C

analogous

#2C358F #552C8F #872C8F

triadic

#552C8F #8F552C #2C8F55

tetradic

#552C8F #8F2C35 #668F2C #2C8F87

square

#552C8F #8F2C35 #668F2C #2C8F87

split-complementary

#552C8F #8F872C #358F2C

monochromatic

#1D0F31 #391E60 #552C8F #713ABE #9266D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#552C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C8F

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C8F	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.155 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b1',
    500: '#552c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c8f;
$custom-light: #8a68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40287,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C8F

secondary

#93B661

accent

#DC4BA0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C8F

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

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