#552AA7#552AA7

#552AA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.186 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA7
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 167)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 74.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 47.88, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 76.67, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.07 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.186 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5474, 6.3768, 37.1741)
Luminance	0.0638 (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

#552AA7 #7CA72A

analogous

#2A3DA7 #552AA7 #932AA7

triadic

#552AA7 #A7552A #2AA755

tetradic

#552AA7 #A72A3D #7CA72A #2AA793

square

#552AA7 #A72A3D #7CA72A #2AA793

split-complementary

#552AA7 #A7932A #3DA72A

monochromatic

#231145 #3C1E76 #552AA7 #713FCF #9570DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#552AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552AA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA7

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA7	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.186 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c2',
    500: '#552aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa7;
$custom-light: #8d68c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.64,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42095,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA7

secondary

#A4C26B

accent

#E345AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA7

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

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