#552CA2#552CA2

#552CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.178 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA2
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 45.51, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 72.94, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0694 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.178 293)
XYZ	xyz(11.1668, 6.3409, 34.8110)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552CA2 #79A22C

analogous

#2C3EA2 #552CA2 #902CA2

triadic

#552CA2 #A2552C #2CA255

tetradic

#552CA2 #A22C3E #79A22C #2CA290

square

#552CA2 #A22C3E #79A22C #2CA290

split-complementary

#552CA2 #A2902C #3EA22C

monochromatic

#221242 #3C1F72 #552CA2 #7040CB #9470D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#552CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#552CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA2	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.178 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69be',
    500: '#552ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca2;
$custom-light: #8c69be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41898,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA2

secondary

#A2BF6A

accent

#E147AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA2

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

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