#552E8A#552E8A

#552E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.146 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E8A
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 37.83, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 58.66, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0713 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.146 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3096, 5.7202, 24.6535)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E8A #638A2E

analogous

#2E358A #552E8A #832E8A

triadic

#552E8A #8A552E #2E8A55

tetradic

#552E8A #8A2E35 #638A2E #2E8A83

square

#552E8A #8A2E35 #638A2E #2E8A83

split-complementary

#552E8A #8A832E #358A2E

monochromatic

#1C0F2E #391F5C #552E8A #713DB8 #9166CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#552E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E8A

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E8A	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.146 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ad',
    500: '#552e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e8a;
$custom-light: #8969ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.435,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40174,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E8A

secondary

#90B361

accent

#DA4E9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E8A

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

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