#552AA4#552AA4

#552AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.182 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA4
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 47.06, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 75.08, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.0708 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.182 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2733, 6.2672, 35.7305)
Luminance	0.0627 (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

#552AA4 #79A42A

analogous

#2A3CA4 #552AA4 #922AA4

triadic

#552AA4 #A4552A #2AA455

tetradic

#552AA4 #A42A3C #79A42A #2AA492

square

#552AA4 #A42A3C #79A42A #2AA492

split-complementary

#552AA4 #A4922A #3CA42A

monochromatic

#221143 #3C1E73 #552AA4 #703ECD #946EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#552AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA4

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA4	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.182 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c0',
    500: '#552aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa4;
$custom-light: #8d68c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.148,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41825,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA4

secondary

#A2C169

accent

#E245AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA4

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

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