#552D89#552D89

#552D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.146 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D89
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 67.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 38.11, -44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 58.72, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0726 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.146 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1989, 5.6141, 24.2611)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D89 #61892D

analogous

#2D3389 #552D89 #832D89

triadic

#552D89 #89552D #2D8955

tetradic

#552D89 #892D33 #61892D #2D8983

square

#552D89 #892D33 #61892D #2D8983

split-complementary

#552D89 #89832D #33892D

monochromatic

#1C0F2D #381E5B #552D89 #723CB7 #9164CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#552D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D89

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D89	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.146 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ac',
    500: '#552d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d89;
$custom-light: #8969ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 50.549,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39949,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D89

secondary

#8EB35F

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D89

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

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