#552E8E#552E8E

#552E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.151 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E8E
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 38.92, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 60.89, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0708 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.151 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6045, 5.8381, 26.2068)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E8E #678E2E

analogous

#2E378E #552E8E #852E8E

triadic

#552E8E #8E552E #2E8E55

tetradic

#552E8E #8E2E37 #678E2E #2E8E85

square

#552E8E #8E2E37 #678E2E #2E8E85

split-complementary

#552E8E #8E852E #378E2E

monochromatic

#1E1032 #391F60 #552E8E #713DBC #9268CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#552E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#552E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E8E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E8E	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.151 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69b0',
    500: '#552e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e8e;
$custom-light: #8a69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4049,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E8E

secondary

#94B563

accent

#DB4DA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E8E

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

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