#552E84#552E84

#552E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.139 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E84
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 132)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 36.20, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 55.32, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0718 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.139 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8872, 5.5512, 22.4286)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E84 #5D842E

analogous

#2E3284 #552E84 #802E84

triadic

#552E84 #84552E #2E8455

tetradic

#552E84 #842E32 #5D842E #2E8480

square

#552E84 #842E32 #5D842E #2E8480

split-complementary

#552E84 #84802E #32842E

monochromatic

#1B0E29 #381E57 #552E84 #723EB1 #9164C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#552E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E84

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E84	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.139 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969a8',
    500: '#552e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e84;
$custom-light: #8969a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.209,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39712,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E84

secondary

#8BB05E

accent

#D8509A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E84

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

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