#552E82#552E82

#552E82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.136 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E82
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 130)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, 35.67, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 54.20, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0719 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.136 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7516, 5.4970, 21.7147)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E82 #5B822E

analogous

#2E3182 #552E82 #7F2E82

triadic

#552E82 #82552E #2E8255

tetradic

#552E82 #822E31 #5B822E #2E827F

square

#552E82 #822E31 #5B822E #2E827F

split-complementary

#552E82 #827F2E #31822E

monochromatic

#1A0E28 #371E55 #552E82 #733EAF #9263C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#552E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E82

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E82	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.136 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a7',
    500: '#552e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e82;
$custom-light: #8869a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 47.727,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39561,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E82

secondary

#89AE5D

accent

#D75099

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E82

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

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