#552C90#552C90

#552C90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.156 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C90
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 69.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 40.55, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 63.18, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0728 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.156 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6797, 5.7461, 26.9793)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C90 #67902C

analogous

#2C3590 #552C90 #872C90

triadic

#552C90 #90552C #2C9055

tetradic

#552C90 #902C35 #67902C #2C9087

square

#552C90 #902C35 #67902C #2C9087

split-complementary

#552C90 #90872C #35902C

monochromatic

#1E0F32 #391E61 #552C90 #713ABF #9266D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#552C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552C90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C90

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C90	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.156 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b1',
    500: '#552c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c90;
$custom-light: #8a68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40369,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C90

secondary

#94B761

accent

#DD4BA1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C90

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

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