#552F89#552F89

#552F89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.144 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F89
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 65.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 37.00, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 57.49, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0702 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.144 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2771, 5.7704, 24.2871)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F89 #63892F

analogous

#2F3689 #552F89 #822F89

triadic

#552F89 #89552F #2F8955

tetradic

#552F89 #892F36 #63892F #2F8982

square

#552F89 #892F36 #63892F #2F8982

split-complementary

#552F89 #89822F #36892F

monochromatic

#1C102E #391F5B #552F89 #713FB7 #9167CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#552F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#552F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F89

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F89	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.144 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aac',
    500: '#552f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f89;
$custom-light: #896aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 48.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40244,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F89

secondary

#90B262

accent

#D84F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F89

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

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