#552D8B#552D8B

#552D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.149 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D8B
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 38.65, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 59.83, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0723 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.149 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3437, 5.6720, 25.0236)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D8B #638B2D

analogous

#2D348B #552D8B #842D8B

triadic

#552D8B #8B552D #2D8B55

tetradic

#552D8B #8B2D34 #638B2D #2D8B84

square

#552D8B #8B2D34 #638B2D #2D8B84

split-complementary

#552D8B #8B842D #348B2D

monochromatic

#1C0F2F #391E5D #552D8B #713CB9 #9165CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#552D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D8B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D8B	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.149 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ae',
    500: '#552d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d8b;
$custom-light: #8969ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.532,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40107,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D8B

secondary

#90B460

accent

#DB4D9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D8B

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

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