#552A9A#552A9A

#552A9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.171 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A9A
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 44.32, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 69.74, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.073 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.171 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4054, 5.9201, 31.1600)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A9A #6F9A2A

analogous

#2A379A #552A9A #8D2A9A

triadic

#552A9A #9A552A #2A9A55

tetradic

#552A9A #9A2A37 #6F9A2A #2A9A8D

square

#552A9A #9A2A37 #6F9A2A #2A9A8D

split-complementary

#552A9A #9A8D2A #379A2A

monochromatic

#20103A #3A1D6A #552A9A #7038C9 #9268D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#552A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#552A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A9A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A9A	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)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.171 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b9',
    500: '#552a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a9a;
$custom-light: #8b67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.036,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40944,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A9A

secondary

#9ABC63

accent

#E047A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A9A

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

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