#552B9D#552B9D

#552B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.173 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B9D
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.65, 44.63, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.65, 70.81, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0714 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.173 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6943, 6.0931, 32.5044)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B9D #739D2B

analogous

#2B3A9D #552B9D #8E2B9D

triadic

#552B9D #9D552B #2B9D55

tetradic

#552B9D #9D2B3A #739D2B #2B9D8E

square

#552B9D #9D2B3A #739D2B #2B9D8E

split-complementary

#552B9D #9D8E2B #3A9D2B

monochromatic

#21113D #3B1E6D #552B9D #703CCA #936CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#552B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#552B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B9D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B9D	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.173 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bb',
    500: '#552b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b9d;
$custom-light: #8c68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41332,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B9D

secondary

#9DBD66

accent

#E048A8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B9D

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

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