#552D95#552D95

#552D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.161 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D95
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 69.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, 41.39, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 65.33, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0709 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.161 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1081, 5.9778, 29.0492)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D95 #6D952D

analogous

#2D3995 #552D95 #892D95

triadic

#552D95 #95552D #2D9555

tetradic

#552D95 #952D39 #6D952D #2D9589

square

#552D95 #952D39 #6D952D #2D9589

split-complementary

#552D95 #95892D #39952D

monochromatic

#1F1137 #3A1F66 #552D95 #703BC4 #926AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#552D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#552D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D95

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D95	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.161 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b5',
    500: '#552d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d95;
$custom-light: #8b69b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 53.608,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40919,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D95

secondary

#99B965

accent

#DD4BA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D95

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

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