#552E99#552E99

#552E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.164 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E99
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 41.96, -52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 66.94, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0692 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.164 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4715, 6.1849, 30.7729)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E99 #72992E

analogous

#2E3D99 #552E99 #8B2E99

triadic

#552E99 #99552E #2E9955

tetradic

#552E99 #992E3D #72992E #2E998B

square

#552E99 #992E3D #72992E #2E998B

split-complementary

#552E99 #998B2E #3D992E

monochromatic

#21123B #3B206A #552E99 #703FC5 #936ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#552E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#552E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E99

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E99	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.164 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab8',
    500: '#552e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e99;
$custom-light: #8b6ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.869,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41391,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E99

secondary

#9DBB68

accent

#DD4BA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E99

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

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