#552E88#552E88

#552E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.144 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E88
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 37.28, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 57.55, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0715 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.144 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1661, 5.6628, 23.8979)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E88 #61882E

analogous

#2E3488 #552E88 #822E88

triadic

#552E88 #88552E #2E8855

tetradic

#552E88 #882E34 #61882E #2E8882

square

#552E88 #882E34 #61882E #2E8882

split-complementary

#552E88 #88822E #34882E

monochromatic

#1C0F2D #381F5A #552E88 #723DB6 #9165CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#552E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E88

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E88	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.144 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ab',
    500: '#552e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e88;
$custom-light: #8969ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40018,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E88

secondary

#8EB260

accent

#D94F9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E88

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

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