#552E8B#552E8B

#552E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.147 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E8B
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 38.10, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 59.22, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0712 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.147 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3823, 5.7493, 25.0365)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E8B #648B2E

analogous

#2E368B #552E8B #842E8B

triadic

#552E8B #8B552E #2E8B55

tetradic

#552E8B #8B2E36 #648B2E #2E8B84

square

#552E8B #8B2E36 #648B2E #2E8B84

split-complementary

#552E8B #8B842E #368B2E

monochromatic

#1D102F #391F5D #552E8B #713DB9 #9167CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#552E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E8B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E8B	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.147 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969ae',
    500: '#552e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e8b;
$custom-light: #8969ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40252,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E8B

secondary

#91B361

accent

#DA4E9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E8B

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

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