#552D81#552D81

#552D81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.137 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D81
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 65.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 35.96, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 54.26, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0733 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.137 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6462, 5.3930, 21.3501)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D81 #59812D

analogous

#2D2F81 #552D81 #7F2D81

triadic

#552D81 #81552D #2D8155

tetradic

#552D81 #812D2F #59812D #2D817F

square

#552D81 #812D2F #59812D #2D817F

split-complementary

#552D81 #817F2D #2F812D

monochromatic

#190D26 #371D54 #552D81 #733DAE #9261C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#552D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D81

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D81	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12417F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.137 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a6',
    500: '#552d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d81;
$custom-light: #8868a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39335,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D81

secondary

#87AE5C

accent

#D85097

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D81

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

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