#552F85#552F85

#552F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.139 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F85
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 35.91, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 55.25, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% 0.0705 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.139 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9954, 5.6577, 22.8039)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F85 #5F852F

analogous

#2F3485 #552F85 #802F85

triadic

#552F85 #85552F #2F8555

tetradic

#552F85 #852F34 #5F852F #2F8580

square

#552F85 #852F34 #5F852F #2F8580

split-complementary

#552F85 #85802F #34852F

monochromatic

#1B0F2B #381F58 #552F85 #723FB2 #9166C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#552F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#552F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F85

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F85	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.139 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aa9',
    500: '#552f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f85;
$custom-light: #896aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 47.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39938,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F85

secondary

#8DB060

accent

#D7509C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F85

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

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