#552E87#552E87

#552E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.143 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E87
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 37.01, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 56.99, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% 0.0716 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.143 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0954, 5.6345, 23.5254)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E87 #60872E

analogous

#2E3487 #552E87 #812E87

triadic

#552E87 #87552E #2E8755

tetradic

#552E87 #872E34 #60872E #2E8781

square

#552E87 #872E34 #60872E #2E8781

split-complementary

#552E87 #87812E #34872E

monochromatic

#1C0F2C #381E59 #552E87 #723EB5 #9165CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#552E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E87

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E87	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.143 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ab',
    500: '#552e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e87;
$custom-light: #8969ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.292,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39941,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E87

secondary

#8DB160

accent

#D94F9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E87

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

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