#552B9C#552B9C

#552B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.172 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B9C
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, 44.36, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 70.27, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0716 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.172 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6093, 6.0591, 32.0566)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B9C #729C2B

analogous

#2B3A9C #552B9C #8E2B9C

triadic

#552B9C #9C552B #2B9C55

tetradic

#552B9C #9C2B3A #729C2B #2B9C8E

square

#552B9C #9C2B3A #729C2B #2B9C8E

split-complementary

#552B9C #9C8E2B #3A9C2B

monochromatic

#21113C #3B1E6C #552B9C #703BC9 #936BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#552B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#552B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B9C

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B9C	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.172 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68ba',
    500: '#552b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b9c;
$custom-light: #8c68ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.301,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41245,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B9C

secondary

#9DBD66

accent

#E048A7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B9C

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

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