#552AA8#552AA8

#552AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.187 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA8
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 48.16, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 77.20, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0698 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.187 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6402, 6.4139, 37.6629)
Luminance	0.0641 (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

#552AA8 #7DA82A

analogous

#2A3EA8 #552AA8 #942AA8

triadic

#552AA8 #A8552A #2AA855

tetradic

#552AA8 #A82A3E #7DA82A #2AA894

square

#552AA8 #A82A3E #7DA82A #2AA894

split-complementary

#552AA8 #A8942A #3EA82A

monochromatic

#231246 #3C1E77 #552AA8 #7140CF #9571DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#552AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA8	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.187 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c3',
    500: '#552aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa8;
$custom-light: #8d68c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.476,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42186,
    "c": 0.18669,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA8

secondary

#A5C36B

accent

#E345AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA8

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

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