#552E83#552E83

#552E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.138 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E83
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 35.94, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 54.76, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0719 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.138 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8191, 5.5239, 22.0699)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E83 #5C832E

analogous

#2E3283 #552E83 #802E83

triadic

#552E83 #83552E #2E8355

tetradic

#552E83 #832E32 #5C832E #2E8380

square

#552E83 #832E32 #5C832E #2E8380

split-complementary

#552E83 #83802E #32832E

monochromatic

#1A0E28 #381E56 #552E83 #723EB0 #9263C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#552E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#552E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E83

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E83	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#104281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.138 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969a8',
    500: '#552e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e83;
$custom-light: #8969a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.529,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39636,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E83

secondary

#8AAF5E

accent

#D85099

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E83

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

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