#552BB2#552BB2

#552BB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.197 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BB2
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 178)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 50.43, -64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 81.92, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.0664 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.197 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6437, 6.8728, 42.7712)
Luminance	0.0687 (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

#552BB2 #88B22B

analogous

#2B44B2 #552BB2 #982BB2

triadic

#552BB2 #B2552B #2BB255

tetradic

#552BB2 #B22B44 #88B22B #2BB298

square

#552BB2 #B22B44 #88B22B #2BB298

split-complementary

#552BB2 #B2982B #44B22B

monochromatic

#26134F #3D1F81 #552BB2 #7348D3 #9879DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#552BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#552BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BB2

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BB2	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.197 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ca',
    500: '#552bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552bb2;
$custom-light: #8f69ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43225,
    "c": 0.19703,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BB2

secondary

#ACC772

accent

#E444B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BB2

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

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