#552E96#552E96

#552E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.161 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E96
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 41.13, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 65.30, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0697 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.161 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2269, 6.0871, 29.4843)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E96 #6F962E

analogous

#2E3B96 #552E96 #892E96

triadic

#552E96 #96552E #2E9655

tetradic

#552E96 #962E3B #6F962E #2E9689

square

#552E96 #962E3B #6F962E #2E9689

split-complementary

#552E96 #96892E #3B962E

monochromatic

#201138 #3A2067 #552E96 #703EC4 #926CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#552E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#552E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E96

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E96	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.161 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab6',
    500: '#552e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e96;
$custom-light: #8b6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41141,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E96

secondary

#9AB967

accent

#DC4BA6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E96

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

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