#552C9B#552C9B

#552C9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.169 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#552C9B
RGBrgb(85, 44, 155)
HSLhsl(262, 56%, 39%)
HSVhsv(262, 72%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(45.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(29.66, 43.57, -53.72)
CIE-LCHlch(29.66, 69.17, 309.04°)
OKLaboklab(41.29% 0.0709 -0.1538)
OKLCHoklch(41.29% 0.169 294.7)
XYZxyz(10.5618, 6.0989, 31.6247)
Luminance0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#552C9B #729B2C
analogous
#2C3B9B #552C9B #8D2C9B
triadic
#552C9B #9B552C #2C9B55
tetradic
#552C9B #9B2C3B #729B2C #2C9B8D
square
#552C9B #9B2C3B #729B2C #2C9B8D
split-complementary
#552C9B #9B8D2C #3B9B2C
monochromatic
#21113C #3B1E6B #552C9B #703CC8 #936CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46
#552C9B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22
#552C9B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C9B
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##552C9B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##552C9B1.009.462.229.46
#FFFFFF9.461.0021.001.00
#0000002.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00479E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004499
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#414860
Achromatopsia (no color)
#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #552c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.169 294.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b9',
    500: '#552c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #552c9b;
$custom-light: #8b69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#552c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4129,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#552C9B
secondary
#9DBC67
accent
#DF49A8
background
#F8F6FB
surface
#F0EBF6
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0D0612
muted
#7D7A81

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#552C9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva