#552BA3#552BA3

#552BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.180 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BA3
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.16, 46.29, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.16, 74.02, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0701 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.18 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2192, 6.3030, 35.2687)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552BA3 #79A32B

analogous

#2B3DA3 #552BA3 #912BA3

triadic

#552BA3 #A3552B #2BA355

tetradic

#552BA3 #A32B3D #79A32B #2BA391

square

#552BA3 #A32B3D #79A32B #2BA391

split-complementary

#552BA3 #A3912B #3DA32B

monochromatic

#221142 #3C1E73 #552BA3 #703FCC #946FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#552BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#552BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BA3

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BA3	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.180 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68bf',
    500: '#552ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ba3;
$custom-light: #8c68bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4186,
    "c": 0.17984,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BA3

secondary

#A2C06A

accent

#E146AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BA3

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

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