#552BA4#552BA4

#552BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.181 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BA4
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, 46.56, -58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 74.55, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0699 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.181 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3092, 6.3390, 35.7424)
Luminance	0.0634 (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

#552BA4 #7AA42B

analogous

#2B3EA4 #552BA4 #912BA4

triadic

#552BA4 #A4552B #2BA455

tetradic

#552BA4 #A42B3E #7AA42B #2BA491

square

#552BA4 #A42B3E #7AA42B #2BA491

split-complementary

#552BA4 #A4912B #3EA42B

monochromatic

#231243 #3C1E74 #552BA4 #703FCD #9570D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#552BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#552BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BA4

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BA4	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.181 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68c0',
    500: '#552ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ba4;
$custom-light: #8d68c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41949,
    "c": 0.181,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BA4

secondary

#A3C16A

accent

#E246AC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BA4

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

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