#552E97#552E97

#552E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.162 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E97
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 41.41, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 65.85, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.0695 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.162 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3077, 6.1194, 29.9102)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E97 #70972E

analogous

#2E3B97 #552E97 #892E97

triadic

#552E97 #97552E #2E9755

tetradic

#552E97 #972E3B #70972E #2E9789

square

#552E97 #972E3B #70972E #2E9789

split-complementary

#552E97 #97892E #3B972E

monochromatic

#201139 #3B2068 #552E97 #703EC4 #936DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#552E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#552E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E97

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E97	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.162 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab6',
    500: '#552e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e97;
$custom-light: #8b6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41224,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E97

secondary

#9BBA67

accent

#DD4BA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E97

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

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