#552BB3#552BB3

#552BB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.198 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552BB3
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 50.71, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 82.44, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0661 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.198 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.7445, 6.9131, 43.3019)
Luminance	0.0691 (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

#552BB3 #89B32B

analogous

#2B45B3 #552BB3 #992BB3

triadic

#552BB3 #B3552B #2BB355

tetradic

#552BB3 #B32B45 #89B32B #2BB399

square

#552BB3 #B32B45 #89B32B #2BB399

split-complementary

#552BB3 #B3992B #45B32B

monochromatic

#261350 #3E1F82 #552BB3 #7348D3 #9979DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#552BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#552BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552BB3

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552BB3	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.198 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69cb',
    500: '#552bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552bb3;
$custom-light: #8f69cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43319,
    "c": 0.19817,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552BB3

secondary

#ADC773

accent

#E443B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552BB3

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

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