#552A9F#552A9F

#552A9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.176 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A9F
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 159)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 45.69, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 72.42, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0719 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.176 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8306, 6.0901, 33.3990)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A9F #749F2A

analogous

#2A3A9F #552A9F #902A9F

triadic

#552A9F #9F552A #2A9F55

tetradic

#552A9F #9F2A3A #749F2A #2A9F90

square

#552A9F #9F2A3A #749F2A #2A9F90

split-complementary

#552A9F #9F902A #3A9F2A

monochromatic

#21103E #3B1D6F #552A9F #703BCB #936BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#552A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#552A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A9F

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A9F	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.176 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bc',
    500: '#552a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a9f;
$custom-light: #8c68bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.051,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4138,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A9F

secondary

#9EBF66

accent

#E146A8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A9F

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

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