#552F8A#552F8A

#552F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.145 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F8A
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 37.27, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 58.05, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0701 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.145 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3491, 5.7992, 24.6666)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F8A #648A2F

analogous

#2F378A #552F8A #832F8A

triadic

#552F8A #8A552F #2F8A55

tetradic

#552F8A #8A2F37 #648A2F #2F8A83

square

#552F8A #8A2F37 #648A2F #2F8A83

split-complementary

#552F8A #8A832F #378A2F

monochromatic

#1D102F #391F5C #552F8A #713FB8 #9168CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#552F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#552F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F8A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F8A	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.145 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aad',
    500: '#552f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f8a;
$custom-light: #896aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40322,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F8A

secondary

#91B362

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F8A

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

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