#552B9F#552B9F

#552B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.175 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B9F
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 45.18, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 71.88, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.071 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.175 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8665, 6.1619, 33.4110)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B9F #759F2B

analogous

#2B3B9F #552B9F #8F2B9F

triadic

#552B9F #9F552B #2B9F55

tetradic

#552B9F #9F2B3B #759F2B #2B9F8F

square

#552B9F #9F2B3B #759F2B #2B9F8F

split-complementary

#552B9F #9F8F2B #3B9F2B

monochromatic

#21113F #3B1E6F #552B9F #703DCA #936DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#552B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#552B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B9F

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B9F	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.175 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bc',
    500: '#552b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b9f;
$custom-light: #8c68bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41507,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B9F

secondary

#9FBE67

accent

#E147A9

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B9F

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

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