#552F8B#552F8B

#552F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.146 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F8B
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 37.55, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 58.61, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.07 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.146 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4219, 5.8283, 25.0497)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F8B #658B2F

analogous

#2F378B #552F8B #832F8B

triadic

#552F8B #8B552F #2F8B55

tetradic

#552F8B #8B2F37 #658B2F #2F8B83

square

#552F8B #8B2F37 #658B2F #2F8B83

split-complementary

#552F8B #8B832F #378B2F

monochromatic

#1D1030 #39205D #552F8B #713EB9 #9268CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#552F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#552F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F8B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F8B	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.146 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aae',
    500: '#552f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f8b;
$custom-light: #896aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40399,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F8B

secondary

#92B363

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F8B

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

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