#552D8A#552D8A

#552D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.148 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D8A
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 38.38, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 59.27, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0724 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.148 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2710, 5.6429, 24.6406)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D8A #628A2D

analogous

#2D338A #552D8A #832D8A

triadic

#552D8A #8A552D #2D8A55

tetradic

#552D8A #8A2D33 #628A2D #2D8A83

square

#552D8A #8A2D33 #628A2D #2D8A83

split-complementary

#552D8A #8A832D #338A2D

monochromatic

#1C0F2E #391E5C #552D8A #713CB8 #9165CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#552D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D8A

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D8A	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.148 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ad',
    500: '#552d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d8a;
$custom-light: #8969ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.806,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40028,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D8A

secondary

#8FB360

accent

#DA4D9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D8A

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

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