#552F88#552F88

#552F88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.142 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F88
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.75, 36.73, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.75, 56.93, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0703 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.142 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2057, 5.7418, 23.9111)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F88 #62882F

analogous

#2F3588 #552F88 #812F88

triadic

#552F88 #88552F #2F8855

tetradic

#552F88 #882F35 #62882F #2F8881

square

#552F88 #882F35 #62882F #2F8881

split-complementary

#552F88 #88812F #35882F

monochromatic

#1C102D #391F5B #552F88 #713FB5 #9167CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#552F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F88

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F88	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.142 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aab',
    500: '#552f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f88;
$custom-light: #896aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 48.634,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40167,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F88

secondary

#8FB161

accent

#D8509E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F88

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

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