#552BA8#552BA8

#552BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.186 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BA8
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 47.67, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 76.67, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0689 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.186 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6761, 6.4858, 37.6749)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#552BA8 #7EA82B

analogous

#2B40A8 #552BA8 #942BA8

triadic

#552BA8 #A8552B #2BA855

tetradic

#552BA8 #A82B40 #7EA82B #2BA894

square

#552BA8 #A82B40 #7EA82B #2BA894

split-complementary

#552BA8 #A8942B #40A82B

monochromatic

#241247 #3C1F77 #552BA8 #7142CF #9672DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#552BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#552BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BA8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BA8	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.186 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c3',
    500: '#552ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ba8;
$custom-light: #8d69c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.16,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.18561,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BA8

secondary

#A5C26C

accent

#E245AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BA8

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

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