#552A9E#552A9E

#552A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.175 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A9E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 45.41, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 71.89, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.0722 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.175 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7442, 6.0555, 32.9439)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A9E #739E2A

analogous

#2A399E #552A9E #8F2A9E

triadic

#552A9E #9E552A #2A9E55

tetradic

#552A9E #9E2A39 #739E2A #2A9E8F

square

#552A9E #9E2A39 #739E2A #2A9E8F

split-complementary

#552A9E #9E8F2A #399E2A

monochromatic

#21103D #3B1D6E #552A9E #703ACB #936BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#552A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#552A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A9E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A9E	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.175 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bc',
    500: '#552a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a9e;
$custom-light: #8c68bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.241,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41292,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A9E

secondary

#9DBE66

accent

#E147A8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A9E

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

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