#552E80#552E80

#552E80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.134 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E80
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 128)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 35.13, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 53.07, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0721 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.134 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6187, 5.4438, 21.0146)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E80 #59802E

analogous

#2E3080 #552E80 #7E2E80

triadic

#552E80 #80552E #2E8055

tetradic

#552E80 #802E30 #59802E #2E807E

square

#552E80 #802E30 #59802E #2E807E

split-complementary

#552E80 #807E2E #30802E

monochromatic

#190E26 #371E53 #552E80 #733EAD #9262C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#552E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E80

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E80	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15427E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.134 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a5',
    500: '#552e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e80;
$custom-light: #8869a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.537,
    "s": 47.126,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39412,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E80

secondary

#87AD5D

accent

#D75197

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E80

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

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