#552AA1#552AA1

#552AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.179 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA1
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 46.23, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 73.49, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0715 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.179 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0055, 6.1601, 34.3205)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552AA1 #76A12A

analogous

#2A3AA1 #552AA1 #912AA1

triadic

#552AA1 #A1552A #2AA155

tetradic

#552AA1 #A12A3A #76A12A #2AA191

square

#552AA1 #A12A3A #76A12A #2AA191

split-complementary

#552AA1 #A1912A #3AA12A

monochromatic

#221140 #3B1D70 #552AA1 #703CCC #946DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#552AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#552AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA1

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA1	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.179 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68be',
    500: '#552aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa1;
$custom-light: #8c68be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.681,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41557,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA1

secondary

#A0C067

accent

#E246AA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA1

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

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