#552E91#552E91

#552E91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.155 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E91
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 39.75, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 62.55, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0704 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.155 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8328, 5.9294, 27.4090)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E91 #6A912E

analogous

#2E3991 #552E91 #862E91

triadic

#552E91 #91552E #2E9155

tetradic

#552E91 #912E39 #6A912E #2E9186

square

#552E91 #912E39 #6A912E #2E9186

split-complementary

#552E91 #91862E #39912E

monochromatic

#1F1134 #3A1F63 #552E91 #703DBF #926AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#552E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#552E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E91

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E91	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.155 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69b2',
    500: '#552e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e91;
$custom-light: #8a69b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40731,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E91

secondary

#96B764

accent

#DB4DA3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E91

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

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