#552E85#552E85

#552E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.140 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E85
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, 36.47, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 55.88, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0717 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.14 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9559, 5.5787, 22.7907)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E85 #5E852E

analogous

#2E3285 #552E85 #812E85

triadic

#552E85 #85552E #2E8555

tetradic

#552E85 #852E32 #5E852E #2E8581

square

#552E85 #852E32 #5E852E #2E8581

split-complementary

#552E85 #85812E #32852E

monochromatic

#1B0F2A #381E58 #552E85 #723EB2 #9164C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#552E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E85

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E85	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.140 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969a9',
    500: '#552e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e85;
$custom-light: #8969a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39788,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E85

secondary

#8CB05F

accent

#D8509B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E85

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

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