#552E8D#552E8D

#552E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.150 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E8D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 38.65, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 60.33, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0709 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.15 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5298, 5.8082, 25.8132)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E8D #668D2E

analogous

#2E368D #552E8D #852E8D

triadic

#552E8D #8D552E #2E8D55

tetradic

#552E8D #8D2E36 #668D2E #2E8D85

square

#552E8D #8D2E36 #668D2E #2E8D85

split-complementary

#552E8D #8D852E #368D2E

monochromatic

#1D1031 #391F5F #552E8D #713DBB #9268CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#552E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#552E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E8D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E8D	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.150 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69af',
    500: '#552e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e8d;
$custom-light: #8a69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.632,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4041,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E8D

secondary

#93B562

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E8D

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

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