#552CA0#552CA0

#552CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.175 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA0
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 44.95, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 71.87, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.0699 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.175 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9904, 6.2704, 33.8821)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552CA0 #77A02C

analogous

#2C3DA0 #552CA0 #8F2CA0

triadic

#552CA0 #A0552C #2CA055

tetradic

#552CA0 #A02C3D #77A02C #2CA08F

square

#552CA0 #A02C3D #77A02C #2CA08F

split-complementary

#552CA0 #A08F2C #3DA02C

monochromatic

#221240 #3C1F70 #552CA0 #703FCA #946FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#552CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA0

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA0	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.175 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69bd',
    500: '#552ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca0;
$custom-light: #8c69bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41723,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA0

secondary

#A0BF69

accent

#E048AA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →