#552C9F#552C9F

#552C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.174 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C9F
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 44.67, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 71.33, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.0701 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.174 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9033, 6.2355, 33.4233)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C9F #769F2C

analogous

#2C3D9F #552C9F #8E2C9F

triadic

#552C9F #9F552C #2C9F55

tetradic

#552C9F #9F2C3D #769F2C #2C9F8E

square

#552C9F #9F2C3D #769F2C #2C9F8E

split-complementary

#552C9F #9F8E2C #3D9F2C

monochromatic

#22113F #3B1F6F #552C9F #703ECA #946ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#552C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C9F

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C9F	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.174 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69bc',
    500: '#552c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c9f;
$custom-light: #8c69bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.391,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41635,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C9F

secondary

#A0BE69

accent

#E048AA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C9F

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

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