#552D88#552D88

#552D88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.145 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D88
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.34, 37.84, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.34, 58.16, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0727 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.145 300)
XYZ	xyz(9.1275, 5.5856, 23.8850)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D88 #60882D

analogous

#2D3288 #552D88 #822D88

triadic

#552D88 #88552D #2D8855

tetradic

#552D88 #882D32 #60882D #2D8882

square

#552D88 #882D32 #60882D #2D8882

split-complementary

#552D88 #88822D #32882D

monochromatic

#1C0F2C #381E5A #552D88 #723CB6 #9164CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#552D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D88

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D88	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.145 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ab',
    500: '#552d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d88;
$custom-light: #8969ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 50.276,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39871,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D88

secondary

#8DB25F

accent

#DA4E9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D88

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

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