#552BB1#552BB1

#552BB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.196 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BB1
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 177)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 75.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 50.15, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 81.39, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.0666 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.196 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5437, 6.8328, 42.2444)
Luminance	0.0683 (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

#552BB1 #87B12B

analogous

#2B44B1 #552BB1 #982BB1

triadic

#552BB1 #B1552B #2BB155

tetradic

#552BB1 #B12B44 #87B12B #2BB198

square

#552BB1 #B12B44 #87B12B #2BB198

split-complementary

#552BB1 #B1982B #44B12B

monochromatic

#26134F #3D1F80 #552BB1 #7347D2 #9878DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#552BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#552BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BB1

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BB1	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33506C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.196 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69c9',
    500: '#552bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552bb1;
$custom-light: #8e69c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.806,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43132,
    "c": 0.1959,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BB1

secondary

#ACC672

accent

#E444B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BB1

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

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