#552AA6#552AA6

#552AA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.184 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA6
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 47.61, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 76.14, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0703 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.184 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4553, 6.3400, 36.6892)
Luminance	0.0634 (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

#552AA6 #7BA62A

analogous

#2A3DA6 #552AA6 #932AA6

triadic

#552AA6 #A6552A #2AA655

tetradic

#552AA6 #A62A3D #7BA62A #2AA693

square

#552AA6 #A62A3D #7BA62A #2AA693

split-complementary

#552AA6 #A6932A #3DA62A

monochromatic

#231144 #3C1E75 #552AA6 #713FCE #9570DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#552AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#552AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA6

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA6	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.184 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c1',
    500: '#552aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa6;
$custom-light: #8d68c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.806,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42005,
    "c": 0.18441,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA6

secondary

#A3C26A

accent

#E345AC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA6

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

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