#552D85#552D85

#552D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.142 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D85
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 37.03, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 56.49, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.073 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.142 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.9173, 5.5015, 22.7778)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D85 #5D852D

analogous

#2D3185 #552D85 #812D85

triadic

#552D85 #85552D #2D8555

tetradic

#552D85 #852D31 #5D852D #2D8581

square

#552D85 #852D31 #5D852D #2D8581

split-complementary

#552D85 #85812D #31852D

monochromatic

#1B0E2A #381E57 #552D85 #723CB3 #9162CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#552D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D85

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D85	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.142 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968a9',
    500: '#552d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d85;
$custom-light: #8968a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 49.438,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39639,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D85

secondary

#8BB05D

accent

#D94F9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D85

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

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