#552D99#552D99

#552D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.166 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D99
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 42.49, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 67.52, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0702 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.166 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4329, 6.1077, 30.7600)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D99 #71992D

analogous

#2D3B99 #552D99 #8B2D99

triadic

#552D99 #99552D #2D9955

tetradic

#552D99 #992D3B #71992D #2D998B

square

#552D99 #992D3B #71992D #2D998B

split-complementary

#552D99 #998B2D #3B992D

monochromatic

#20113A #3B1F6A #552D99 #703DC6 #936CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#552D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#552D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D99

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D99	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.166 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b8',
    500: '#552d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d99;
$custom-light: #8b69b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41254,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D99

secondary

#9CBB67

accent

#DE4AA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D99

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

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