#552E90#552E90

#552E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.154 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E90
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 144)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 68.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 39.47, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 61.99, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0706 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.154 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7561, 5.8987, 27.0047)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E90 #69902E

analogous

#2E3890 #552E90 #862E90

triadic

#552E90 #90552E #2E9055

tetradic

#552E90 #902E38 #69902E #2E9086

square

#552E90 #902E38 #69902E #2E9086

split-complementary

#552E90 #90862E #38902E

monochromatic

#1E1033 #3A1F62 #552E90 #703DBE #9269CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#552E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E90

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E90	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.154 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69b1',
    500: '#552e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e90;
$custom-light: #8a69b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.878,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4065,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E90

secondary

#95B664

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E90

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

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