#552F96#552F96

#552F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.160 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F96
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 68.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 40.59, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 64.71, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0686 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.16 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2664, 6.1661, 29.4975)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F96 #70962F

analogous

#2F3C96 #552F96 #882F96

triadic

#552F96 #96552F #2F9655

tetradic

#552F96 #962F3C #70962F #2F9688

square

#552F96 #962F3C #70962F #2F9688

split-complementary

#552F96 #96882F #3C962F

monochromatic

#201239 #3B2067 #552F96 #703FC3 #936ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#552F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#552F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F96

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F96	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.160 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab6',
    500: '#552f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f96;
$custom-light: #8b6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 52.284,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41282,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F96

secondary

#9BB968

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F96

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

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