#552F86#552F86

#552F86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.140 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F86
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 36.18, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 55.81, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0704 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.14 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0649, 5.6855, 23.1695)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F86 #60862F

analogous

#2F3486 #552F86 #802F86

triadic

#552F86 #86552F #2F8655

tetradic

#552F86 #862F34 #60862F #2F8680

square

#552F86 #862F34 #60862F #2F8680

split-complementary

#552F86 #86802F #34862F

monochromatic

#1C0F2B #381F59 #552F86 #723FB3 #9166C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#552F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F86

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F86	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.140 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aaa',
    500: '#552f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f86;
$custom-light: #896aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 48.066,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40014,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F86

secondary

#8DB060

accent

#D8509C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F86

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

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