#552C9A#552C9A

#552C9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.168 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C9A
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 43.29, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 68.63, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0711 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.168 295)
XYZ	xyz(10.4782, 6.0655, 31.1843)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C9A #719A2C

analogous

#2C3A9A #552C9A #8C2C9A

triadic

#552C9A #9A552C #2C9A55

tetradic

#552C9A #9A2C3A #719A2C #2C9A8C

square

#552C9A #9A2C3A #719A2C #2C9A8C

split-complementary

#552C9A #9A8C2C #3A9A2C

monochromatic

#20113B #3B1E6A #552C9A #703CC7 #936CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#552C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#552C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C9A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C9A	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.168 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b9',
    500: '#552c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c9a;
$custom-light: #8b69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41204,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.06066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C9A

secondary

#9CBC66

accent

#DF49A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C9A

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

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