#552D87#552D87

#552D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.144 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D87
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 37.57, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 57.60, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0728 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.144 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0568, 5.5573, 23.5125)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D87 #5F872D

analogous

#2D3287 #552D87 #822D87

triadic

#552D87 #87552D #2D8755

tetradic

#552D87 #872D32 #5F872D #2D8782

square

#552D87 #872D32 #5F872D #2D8782

split-complementary

#552D87 #87822D #32872D

monochromatic

#1B0E2B #381E59 #552D87 #723CB5 #9163CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#552D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D87

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D87	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.144 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968ab',
    500: '#552d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d87;
$custom-light: #8968ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39793,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D87

secondary

#8DB25E

accent

#DA4E9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D87

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

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