#552F81#552F81

#552F81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.134 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F81
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 34.83, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 53.00, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0707 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.134 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.7243, 5.5493, 21.3761)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F81 #5B812F

analogous

#2F3281 #552F81 #7E2F81

triadic

#552F81 #81552F #2F8155

tetradic

#552F81 #812F32 #5B812F #2F817E

square

#552F81 #812F32 #5B812F #2F817E

split-complementary

#552F81 #817E2F #32812F

monochromatic

#1A0E27 #371F54 #552F81 #733FAE #9264C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#552F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#552F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F81

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F81	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16427F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.134 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886aa6',
    500: '#552f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f81;
$custom-light: #886aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 46.591,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39639,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F81

secondary

#89AD5E

accent

#D65299

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F81

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

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