#552E81#552E81

#552E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.135 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E81
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 64.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 35.40, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 53.64, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.072 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.135 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6848, 5.4702, 21.3629)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E81 #5A812E

analogous

#2E3081 #552E81 #7F2E81

triadic

#552E81 #81552E #2E8155

tetradic

#552E81 #812E30 #5A812E #2E817F

square

#552E81 #812E30 #5A812E #2E817F

split-complementary

#552E81 #817F2E #30812E

monochromatic

#1A0E27 #371E54 #552E81 #733EAE #9262C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#552E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E81

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E81	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14427F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.135 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a6',
    500: '#552e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e81;
$custom-light: #8869a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.193,
    "s": 47.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39486,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E81

secondary

#88AE5D

accent

#D75198

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E81

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

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