#552AA2#552AA2

#552AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.180 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA2
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 46.51, -57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 74.02, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.0712 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.18 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0941, 6.1955, 34.7867)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552AA2 #77A22A

analogous

#2A3BA2 #552AA2 #912AA2

triadic

#552AA2 #A2552A #2AA255

tetradic

#552AA2 #A22A3B #77A22A #2AA291

square

#552AA2 #A22A3B #77A22A #2AA291

split-complementary

#552AA2 #A2912A #3BA22A

monochromatic

#221141 #3B1D71 #552AA2 #703DCD #946DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#552AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#552AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA2

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA2	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.180 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bf',
    500: '#552aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa2;
$custom-light: #8c68bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41646,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA2

secondary

#A0C068

accent

#E246AA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA2

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

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