#552F87#552F87

#552F87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.141 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F87
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 65.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 36.45, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 56.37, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0703 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.141 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1349, 5.7135, 23.5385)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F87 #61872F

analogous

#2F3587 #552F87 #812F87

triadic

#552F87 #87552F #2F8755

tetradic

#552F87 #872F35 #61872F #2F8781

square

#552F87 #872F35 #61872F #2F8781

split-complementary

#552F87 #87812F #35872F

monochromatic

#1C0F2C #381F5A #552F87 #723FB4 #9166CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#552F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F87

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F87	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.141 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aab',
    500: '#552f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f87;
$custom-light: #896aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4009,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F87

secondary

#8EB161

accent

#D8509D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F87

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

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