#552B9B#552B9B

#552B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.171 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B9B
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 44.09, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 69.73, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0719 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.171 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5250, 6.0253, 31.6125)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B9B #719B2B

analogous

#2B399B #552B9B #8D2B9B

triadic

#552B9B #9B552B #2B9B55

tetradic

#552B9B #9B2B39 #719B2B #2B9B8D

square

#552B9B #9B2B39 #719B2B #2B9B8D

split-complementary

#552B9B #9B8D2B #399B2B

monochromatic

#20103B #3B1E6B #552B9B #703BC9 #936BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#552B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#552B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B9B

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B9B	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.171 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68b9',
    500: '#552b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b9b;
$custom-light: #8b68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41159,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B9B

secondary

#9CBC65

accent

#E048A7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B9B

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

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