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#552E8A Night Fever

#552E8A is a dark, moderately saturated purple named Night Fever. In the RGB color model it is made of 33.3% red, 18.0% green and 54.1% blue (rgb(85, 46, 138)). Its HSL value is 265° hue, 50% saturation and 36% lightness, and in CMYK it is 38% cyan, 67% magenta, 0% yellow and 46% black. #552E8A is a cool color. White text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 9.79:1.

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Variations of #552E8A

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

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Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

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Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

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Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

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Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

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#552E8A color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

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Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

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Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

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Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

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Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

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Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

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#552E8A for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #552E8A appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 79% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #004388
  • Protanopia 79% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #00448D
  • Protanomaly 84% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #233F8C
  • Deuteranopia 79% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #004388
  • Deuteranomaly 86% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #2E3D89
  • Tritanopia 78% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #494358
  • Tritanomaly 91% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #523876
  • Achromatopsia 71% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #444444
  • Achromatomaly 81% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #483F5C

#552E8A contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
9.79:1 Very good#552E8A text on white
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2.14:1 Very poor#552E8A text on black
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail

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#552E8A in CSS

/* Night Fever */
.color { color: #552E8A; }
.background { background-color: #552E8A; }
.border { border: 1px solid #552E8A; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(85 46 138);
color: hsl(265 50% 36%);
color: oklch(0.402 0.146 299.2);

#552E8A FAQ

What color is #552E8A?

#552E8A is a dark, moderately saturated purple. Its closest named color is Night Fever. It belongs to the purple color family and is a cool color.

What is the RGB value of #552E8A?

#552E8A is rgb(85, 46, 138) in RGB, hsl(265, 50%, 36%) in HSL and cmyk(38%, 67%, 0%, 46%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #552E8A?

The complementary color of #552E8A is #638A2E, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #552E8A?

White text has the best contrast on #552E8A: 9.79:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #552E8A a warm or cool color?

#552E8A is a cool color.