#552CA1#552CA1

#552CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.176 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA1
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 45.23, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 72.40, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0696 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.176 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0782, 6.3055, 34.3447)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.64

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552CA1 #78A12C

analogous

#2C3DA1 #552CA1 #902CA1

triadic

#552CA1 #A1552C #2CA155

tetradic

#552CA1 #A12C3D #78A12C #2CA190

square

#552CA1 #A12C3D #78A12C #2CA190

split-complementary

#552CA1 #A1902C #3DA12C

monochromatic

#221241 #3C1F71 #552CA1 #7040CB #9470D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#552CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#552CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA1

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA1	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.176 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69be',
    500: '#552ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca1;
$custom-light: #8c69be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4181,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA1

secondary

#A1BF6A

accent

#E047AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA1

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

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