#552D8D#552D8D

#552D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.151 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D8D
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 39.20, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 60.93, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0721 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.151 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4912, 5.7310, 25.8003)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D8D #658D2D

analogous

#2D358D #552D8D #852D8D

triadic

#552D8D #8D552D #2D8D55

tetradic

#552D8D #8D2D35 #658D2D #2D8D85

square

#552D8D #8D2D35 #658D2D #2D8D85

split-complementary

#552D8D #8D852D #358D2D

monochromatic

#1D0F30 #391E5F #552D8D #713CBB #9266CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#552D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D8D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D8D	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.151 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69af',
    500: '#552d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d8d;
$custom-light: #8a69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40266,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D8D

secondary

#92B561

accent

#DB4DA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D8D

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

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