#552C97#552C97

#552C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.165 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C97
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.33, 42.47, -51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.33, 67.00, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0716 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.165 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2314, 5.9668, 29.8848)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C97 #6E972C

analogous

#2C3897 #552C97 #8A2C97

triadic

#552C97 #97552C #2C9755

tetradic

#552C97 #972C38 #6E972C #2C978A

square

#552C97 #972C38 #6E972C #2C978A

split-complementary

#552C97 #978A2C #38972C

monochromatic

#201038 #3A1E68 #552C97 #703AC6 #926AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#552C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#552C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C97

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C97	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.165 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b6',
    500: '#552c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c97;
$custom-light: #8b68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C97

secondary

#99BA65

accent

#DE4AA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C97

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

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