#552BA7#552BA7

#552BA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.184 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BA7
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 167)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 74.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 47.39, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 76.14, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0692 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.184 292)
XYZ	xyz(11.5833, 6.4486, 37.1861)
Luminance	0.0645 (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

#552BA7 #7DA72B

analogous

#2B3FA7 #552BA7 #932BA7

triadic

#552BA7 #A7552B #2BA755

tetradic

#552BA7 #A72B3F #7DA72B #2BA793

square

#552BA7 #A72B3F #7DA72B #2BA793

split-complementary

#552BA7 #A7932B #3FA72B

monochromatic

#231246 #3C1E76 #552BA7 #7141CE #9572DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#552BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#552BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BA7

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BA7	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.184 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c2',
    500: '#552ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ba7;
$custom-light: #8d69c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.323,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42217,
    "c": 0.18446,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BA7

secondary

#A5C26C

accent

#E246AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BA7

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

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