#552BAA#552BAA

#552BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.188 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BAA
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 48.22, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 77.73, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0684 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.188 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8638, 6.5609, 38.6637)
Luminance	0.0656 (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

#552BAA #80AA2B

analogous

#2B40AA #552BAA #952BAA

triadic

#552BAA #AA552B #2BAA55

tetradic

#552BAA #AA2B40 #80AA2B #2BAA95

square

#552BAA #AA2B40 #80AA2B #2BAA95

split-complementary

#552BAA #AA952B #40AA2B

monochromatic

#241248 #3D1F79 #552BAA #7143CF #9674DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#552BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#552BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BAA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BAA	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.188 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c4',
    500: '#552baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552baa;
$custom-light: #8d69c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.843,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42489,
    "c": 0.18791,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BAA

secondary

#A7C36E

accent

#E345AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BAA

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

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