#552B9A#552B9A

#552B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.169 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B9A
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 43.81, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 69.19, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0721 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.169 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4414, 5.9919, 31.1720)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B9A #709A2B

analogous

#2B389A #552B9A #8C2B9A

triadic

#552B9A #9A552B #2B9A55

tetradic

#552B9A #9A2B38 #709A2B #2B9A8C

square

#552B9A #9A2B38 #709A2B #2B9A8C

split-complementary

#552B9A #9A8C2B #389A2B

monochromatic

#20103A #3B1E6A #552B9A #703AC8 #936AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#552B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#552B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B9A

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B9A	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.169 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b9',
    500: '#552b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b9a;
$custom-light: #8b68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41073,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B9A

secondary

#9BBC65

accent

#E048A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B9A

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

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