#552C95#552C95

#552C95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.162 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C95
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 70.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 41.92, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 65.91, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.072 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.162 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0704, 5.9024, 29.0366)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#552C95 #6C952C

analogous

#2C3795 #552C95 #8A2C95

triadic

#552C95 #95552C #2C9555

tetradic

#552C95 #952C37 #6C952C #2C958A

square

#552C95 #952C37 #6C952C #2C958A

split-complementary

#552C95 #958A2C #37952C

monochromatic

#1F1037 #3A1E66 #552C95 #703AC4 #9269D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#552C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C95

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C95	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.162 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b5',
    500: '#552c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c95;
$custom-light: #8b68b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.429,
    "s": 54.404,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40782,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C95

secondary

#98B964

accent

#DE4AA4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C95

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

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