#552C9C#552C9C

#552C9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.171 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C9C
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 43.84, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 69.71, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0707 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.171 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6461, 6.1327, 32.0688)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C9C #739C2C

analogous

#2C3B9C #552C9C #8D2C9C

triadic

#552C9C #9C552C #2C9C55

tetradic

#552C9C #9C2C3B #739C2C #2C9C8D

square

#552C9C #9C2C3B #739C2C #2C9C8D

split-complementary

#552C9C #9C8D2C #3B9C2C

monochromatic

#21113D #3B1F6C #552C9C #703DC8 #936DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#552C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#552C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C9C

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C9C	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.171 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69ba',
    500: '#552c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c9c;
$custom-light: #8b69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.964,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41376,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C9C

secondary

#9DBD67

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C9C

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

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