#552C99#552C99

#552C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.167 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C99
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.49, 43.02, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.49, 68.09, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0712 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.167 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3952, 6.0323, 30.7475)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C99 #70992C

analogous

#2C3999 #552C99 #8B2C99

triadic

#552C99 #99552C #2C9955

tetradic

#552C99 #992C39 #70992C #2C998B

square

#552C99 #992C39 #70992C #2C998B

split-complementary

#552C99 #998B2C #39992C

monochromatic

#20113A #3B1E69 #552C99 #703BC7 #936BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#552C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#552C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C99

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C99	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.167 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b8',
    500: '#552c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c99;
$custom-light: #8b69b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41119,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C99

secondary

#9BBB66

accent

#DF49A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C99

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

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