#552BA6#552BA6

#552BA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.183 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BA6
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 47.11, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 75.61, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.0694 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.183 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4912, 6.4118, 36.7011)
Luminance	0.0641 (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

#552BA6 #7CA62B

analogous

#2B3EA6 #552BA6 #922BA6

triadic

#552BA6 #A6552B #2BA655

tetradic

#552BA6 #A62B3E #7CA62B #2BA692

square

#552BA6 #A62B3E #7CA62B #2BA692

split-complementary

#552BA6 #A6922B #3EA62B

monochromatic

#231245 #3C1E75 #552BA6 #7141CE #9571DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#552BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BA6

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BA6	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.183 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c1',
    500: '#552ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ba6;
$custom-light: #8d69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42127,
    "c": 0.18331,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BA6

secondary

#A4C16B

accent

#E246AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BA6

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

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