#552AA9#552AA9

#552AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.188 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AA9
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 48.43, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 77.72, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0695 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.188 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7337, 6.4514, 38.1554)
Luminance	0.0645 (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

#552AA9 #7EA92A

analogous

#2A3FA9 #552AA9 #952AA9

triadic

#552AA9 #A9552A #2AA955

tetradic

#552AA9 #A92A3F #7EA92A #2AA995

square

#552AA9 #A92A3F #7EA92A #2AA995

split-complementary

#552AA9 #A9952A #3FA92A

monochromatic

#241247 #3C1E78 #552AA9 #7141D0 #9672DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#552AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#552AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AA9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AA9	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.188 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c4',
    500: '#552aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aa9;
$custom-light: #8d68c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.315,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42277,
    "c": 0.18783,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AA9

secondary

#A5C36C

accent

#E344AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AA9

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

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