#552F98#552F98

#552F98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.162 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F98
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 152)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 69.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 41.14, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 65.81, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.0683 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.162 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4288, 6.2311, 30.3529)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F98 #72982F

analogous

#2F3E98 #552F98 #8A2F98

triadic

#552F98 #98552F #2F9855

tetradic

#552F98 #982F3E #72982F #2F988A

square

#552F98 #982F3E #72982F #2F988A

split-complementary

#552F98 #988A2F #3E982F

monochromatic

#21123B #3B2169 #552F98 #7040C4 #936FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#552F98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552F98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F98

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F98	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.162 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab7',
    500: '#552f98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f98;
$custom-light: #8b6ab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 52.764,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41447,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F98

secondary

#9DBA69

accent

#DC4CA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F98

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

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