#552E8F#552E8F

#552E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.152 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E8F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 39.20, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 61.44, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0707 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.152 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6800, 5.8683, 26.6040)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E8F #688F2E

analogous

#2E378F #552E8F #862E8F

triadic

#552E8F #8F552E #2E8F55

tetradic

#552E8F #8F2E37 #688F2E #2E8F86

square

#552E8F #8F2E37 #688F2E #2E8F86

split-complementary

#552E8F #8F862E #378F2E

monochromatic

#1E1032 #391F61 #552E8F #713DBD #9269CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#552E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#552E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E8F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E8F	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.152 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69b0',
    500: '#552e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e8f;
$custom-light: #8a69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4057,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E8F

secondary

#94B663

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E8F

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

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