#552F8E#552F8E

#552F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.150 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F8E
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 38.37, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 60.28, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0697 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.15 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6441, 5.9172, 26.2200)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F8E #688E2F

analogous

#2F388E #552F8E #852F8E

triadic

#552F8E #8E552F #2F8E55

tetradic

#552F8E #8E2F38 #688E2F #2F8E85

square

#552F8E #8E2F38 #688E2F #2F8E85

split-complementary

#552F8E #8E852F #388E2F

monochromatic

#1E1132 #392060 #552F8E #713EBC #926ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#552F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F8E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F8E	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.150 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ab0',
    500: '#552f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f8e;
$custom-light: #8a6ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40635,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F8E

secondary

#94B564

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F8E

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

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