#552E95#552E95

#552E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.160 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E95
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 40.85, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 64.75, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0698 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.16 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1467, 6.0550, 29.0621)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E95 #6E952E

analogous

#2E3A95 #552E95 #882E95

triadic

#552E95 #95552E #2E9555

tetradic

#552E95 #952E3A #6E952E #2E9588

square

#552E95 #952E3A #6E952E #2E9588

split-complementary

#552E95 #95882E #3A952E

monochromatic

#201137 #3A2066 #552E95 #703DC3 #926CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#552E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#552E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E95

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E95	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.160 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab5',
    500: '#552e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e95;
$custom-light: #8a6ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41058,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E95

secondary

#99B966

accent

#DC4CA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E95

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

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