#552AAA#552AAA

#552AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.189 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AAA
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 48.71, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 78.25, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.0693 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.189 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8279, 6.4890, 38.6517)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#552AAA #7FAA2A

analogous

#2A3FAA #552AAA #952AAA

triadic

#552AAA #AA552A #2AAA55

tetradic

#552AAA #AA2A3F #7FAA2A #2AAA95

square

#552AAA #AA2A3F #7FAA2A #2AAA95

split-complementary

#552AAA #AA952A #3FAA2A

monochromatic

#241248 #3C1E79 #552AAA #7141D0 #9672DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#552AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#552AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AAA

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AAA	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.189 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e68c4',
    500: '#552aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aaa;
$custom-light: #8e68c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.156,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42368,
    "c": 0.18897,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AAA

secondary

#A6C36C

accent

#E444AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AAA

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

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