#552A9C#552A9C

#552A9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.173 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A9C
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 44.87, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 70.82, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0726 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.173 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5734, 5.9872, 32.0446)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A9C #719C2A

analogous

#2A389C #552A9C #8E2A9C

triadic

#552A9C #9C552A #2A9C55

tetradic

#552A9C #9C2A38 #719C2A #2A9C8E

square

#552A9C #9C2A38 #719C2A #2A9C8E

split-complementary

#552A9C #9C8E2A #389C2A

monochromatic

#20103C #3B1D6C #552A9C #7039CA #936AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#552A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#552A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A9C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A9C	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.173 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68ba',
    500: '#552a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a9c;
$custom-light: #8c68ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41117,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A9C

secondary

#9CBD65

accent

#E147A7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A9C

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

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