#552C91#552C91

#552C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.157 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C91
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 145)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 40.83, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 63.72, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0726 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.157 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7565, 5.7768, 27.3836)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C91 #68912C

analogous

#2C3691 #552C91 #872C91

triadic

#552C91 #91552C #2C9155

tetradic

#552C91 #912C36 #68912C #2C9187

square

#552C91 #912C36 #68912C #2C9187

split-complementary

#552C91 #91872C #36912C

monochromatic

#1E1033 #391E62 #552C91 #713AC0 #9267D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#552C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#552C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C91

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C91	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.157 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b2',
    500: '#552c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c91;
$custom-light: #8a68b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.356,
    "s": 53.439,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40451,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C91

secondary

#94B762

accent

#DD4BA2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C91

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

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