#552AAB#552AAB

#552AAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.190 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AAB
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 171)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 48.98, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 78.77, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.069 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.19 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9229, 6.5270, 39.1518)
Luminance	0.0653 (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

#552AAB #80AB2A

analogous

#2A40AB #552AAB #962AAB

triadic

#552AAB #AB552A #2AAB55

tetradic

#552AAB #AB2A40 #80AB2A #2AAB96

square

#552AAB #AB2A40 #80AB2A #2AAB96

split-complementary

#552AAB #AB962A #40AB2A

monochromatic

#241249 #3D1E7A #552AAB #7142D1 #9673DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#552AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#552AAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AAB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AAB	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.190 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e68c5',
    500: '#552aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aab;
$custom-light: #8e68c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4246,
    "c": 0.19012,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AAB

secondary

#A7C46D

accent

#E444AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AAB

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

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