#552F99#552F99

#552F99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.163 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F99
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 69.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 41.42, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 66.36, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.0682 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.163 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5111, 6.2640, 30.7861)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F99 #73992F

analogous

#2F3E99 #552F99 #8A2F99

triadic

#552F99 #99552F #2F9955

tetradic

#552F99 #992F3E #73992F #2F998A

square

#552F99 #992F3E #73992F #2F998A

split-complementary

#552F99 #998A2F #3E992F

monochromatic

#21123B #3B216A #552F99 #7041C5 #936FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#552F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F99

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F99	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.163 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab8',
    500: '#552f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f99;
$custom-light: #8b6ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4153,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F99

secondary

#9DBA69

accent

#DC4BA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F99

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

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