#552E94#552E94

#552E94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.158 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E94
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 148)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 40.57, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 64.20, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.07 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.158 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0672, 6.0232, 28.6434)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E94 #6D942E

analogous

#2E3A94 #552E94 #882E94

triadic

#552E94 #94552E #2E9455

tetradic

#552E94 #942E3A #6D942E #2E9488

square

#552E94 #942E3A #6D942E #2E9488

split-complementary

#552E94 #94882E #3A942E

monochromatic

#1F1137 #3A1F65 #552E94 #703DC3 #926BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#552E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#552E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E94

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E94	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.158 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab4',
    500: '#552e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e94;
$custom-light: #8a6ab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40976,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E94

secondary

#99B866

accent

#DC4CA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E94

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

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