#552E89#552E89

#552E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.145 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E89
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 37.56, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 58.11, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0714 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.145 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2375, 5.6913, 24.2739)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E89 #62892E

analogous

#2E3489 #552E89 #822E89

triadic

#552E89 #89552E #2E8955

tetradic

#552E89 #892E34 #62892E #2E8982

square

#552E89 #892E34 #62892E #2E8982

split-complementary

#552E89 #89822E #34892E

monochromatic

#1C0F2D #391F5B #552E89 #713DB7 #9166CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#552E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E89

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E89	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.145 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ac',
    500: '#552e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e89;
$custom-light: #8969ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40096,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E89

secondary

#8FB260

accent

#D94F9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E89

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

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