#552BAE#552BAE

#552BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.192 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BAE
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 49.33, -62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 79.83, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0674 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.192 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2480, 6.7145, 40.6869)
Luminance	0.0672 (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

#552BAE #84AE2B

analogous

#2B42AE #552BAE #972BAE

triadic

#552BAE #AE552B #2BAE55

tetradic

#552BAE #AE2B42 #84AE2B #2BAE97

square

#552BAE #AE2B42 #84AE2B #2BAE97

split-complementary

#552BAE #AE972B #42AE2B

monochromatic

#25134C #3D1F7D #552BAE #7245D1 #9776DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#552BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#552BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BAE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BAE	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.192 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69c7',
    500: '#552bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552bae;
$custom-light: #8e69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.237,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42855,
    "c": 0.19248,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BAE

secondary

#AAC570

accent

#E444B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BAE

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

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