#552AAD#552AAD

#552AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.192 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552AAD
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 49.53, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 79.82, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.0685 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.192 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1149, 6.6039, 40.1634)
Luminance	0.0660 (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

#552AAD #82AD2A

analogous

#2A40AD #552AAD #972AAD

triadic

#552AAD #AD552A #2AAD55

tetradic

#552AAD #AD2A40 #82AD2A #2AAD97

square

#552AAD #AD2A40 #82AD2A #2AAD97

split-complementary

#552AAD #AD972A #40AD2A

monochromatic

#25124B #3D1E7C #552AAD #7243D1 #9774DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#552AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#552AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552AAD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552AAD	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.192 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e68c7',
    500: '#552aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552aad;
$custom-light: #8e68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.695,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42644,
    "c": 0.19238,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552AAD

secondary

#A8C56E

accent

#E444AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552AAD

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

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