#552E86#552E86

#552E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.141 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E86
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 36.74, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 56.43, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0716 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.141 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0253, 5.6065, 23.1563)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E86 #5F862E

analogous

#2E3386 #552E86 #812E86

triadic

#552E86 #86552E #2E8655

tetradic

#552E86 #862E33 #5F862E #2E8681

square

#552E86 #862E33 #5F862E #2E8681

split-complementary

#552E86 #86812E #33862E

monochromatic

#1B0F2B #381E58 #552E86 #723EB4 #9164CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#552E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#552E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E86

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E86	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.141 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969aa',
    500: '#552e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e86;
$custom-light: #8969aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.591,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39864,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E86

secondary

#8DB15F

accent

#D84F9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E86

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

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