#552F8D#552F8D

#552F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.148 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F8D
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 38.09, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 59.72, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0698 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.148 298)
XYZ	xyz(9.5693, 5.8873, 25.8263)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F8D #678D2F

analogous

#2F388D #552F8D #842F8D

triadic

#552F8D #8D552F #2F8D55

tetradic

#552F8D #8D2F38 #678D2F #2F8D84

square

#552F8D #8D2F38 #678D2F #2F8D84

split-complementary

#552F8D #8D842F #388D2F

monochromatic

#1E1031 #39205F #552F8D #713EBB #9269CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#552F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F8D

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F8D	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.148 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896aaf',
    500: '#552f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f8d;
$custom-light: #896aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40556,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F8D

secondary

#94B464

accent

#DA4EA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F8D

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

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