#552C9D#552C9D

#552C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.172 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C9D
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 44.12, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 70.25, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0705 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.172 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7311, 6.1667, 32.5166)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C9D #749D2C

analogous

#2C3C9D #552C9D #8E2C9D

triadic

#552C9D #9D552C #2C9D55

tetradic

#552C9D #9D2C3C #749D2C #2C9D8E

square

#552C9D #9D2C3C #749D2C #2C9D8E

split-complementary

#552C9D #9D8E2C #3C9D2C

monochromatic

#21113D #3B1F6D #552C9D #703DC9 #936DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#552C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#552C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C9D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C9D	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.172 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69bb',
    500: '#552c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c9d;
$custom-light: #8c69bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41462,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C9D

secondary

#9EBD68

accent

#E048A9

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C9D

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

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