#552A9D#552A9D

#552A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.174 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A9D
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 45.14, -55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 71.35, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.0724 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.174 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6584, 6.0213, 32.4924)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A9D #729D2A

analogous

#2A399D #552A9D #8F2A9D

triadic

#552A9D #9D552A #2A9D55

tetradic

#552A9D #9D2A39 #729D2A #2A9D8F

square

#552A9D #9D2A39 #729D2A #2A9D8F

split-complementary

#552A9D #9D8F2A #399D2A

monochromatic

#21103C #3B1D6D #552A9D #703ACA #936AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#552A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#552A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A9D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A9D	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.174 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bb',
    500: '#552a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a9d;
$custom-light: #8c68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.435,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41205,
    "c": 0.17404,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A9D

secondary

#9DBE65

accent

#E147A7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A9D

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

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