#552C96#552C96

#552C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.163 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C96
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 42.19, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 66.46, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0718 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.163 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1506, 5.9344, 29.4589)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C96 #6D962C

analogous

#2C3896 #552C96 #8A2C96

triadic

#552C96 #96552C #2C9655

tetradic

#552C96 #962C38 #6D962C #2C968A

square

#552C96 #962C38 #6D962C #2C968A

split-complementary

#552C96 #968A2C #38962C

monochromatic

#1F1037 #3A1E67 #552C96 #703AC5 #9269D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#552C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#552C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C96

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C96	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.163 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b6',
    500: '#552c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c96;
$custom-light: #8b68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40866,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C96

secondary

#99BA64

accent

#DE4AA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C96

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

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