#552D8E#552D8E

#552D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.152 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D8E
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 39.47, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 61.48, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.072 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.152 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5659, 5.7609, 26.1939)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D8E #668E2D

analogous

#2D368E #552D8E #862D8E

triadic

#552D8E #8E552D #2D8E55

tetradic

#552D8E #8E2D36 #668E2D #2D8E86

square

#552D8E #8E2D36 #668E2D #2D8E86

split-complementary

#552D8E #8E862D #368E2D

monochromatic

#1D1031 #391E60 #552D8E #713CBC #9267CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#552D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D8E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D8E	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.152 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69b0',
    500: '#552d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d8e;
$custom-light: #8a69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.742,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40347,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D8E

secondary

#93B561

accent

#DB4CA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D8E

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

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