#552BA1#552BA1

#552BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.178 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BA1
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 45.73, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 72.95, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0706 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.178 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0414, 6.2319, 34.3324)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552BA1 #77A12B

analogous

#2B3CA1 #552BA1 #902BA1

triadic

#552BA1 #A1552B #2BA155

tetradic

#552BA1 #A12B3C #77A12B #2BA190

square

#552BA1 #A12B3C #77A12B #2BA190

split-complementary

#552BA1 #A1902B #3CA12B

monochromatic

#221140 #3C1E71 #552BA1 #703ECB #946ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#552BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BA1

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BA1	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.178 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68be',
    500: '#552ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ba1;
$custom-light: #8c68be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41682,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BA1

secondary

#A0BF69

accent

#E147AA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BA1

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

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