#552CA3#552CA3

#552CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.179 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA3
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 45.78, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 73.47, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0692 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.179 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2560, 6.3766, 35.2810)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552CA3 #7AA32C

analogous

#2C3FA3 #552CA3 #902CA3

triadic

#552CA3 #A3552C #2CA355

tetradic

#552CA3 #A32C3F #7AA32C #2CA390

square

#552CA3 #A32C3F #7AA32C #2CA390

split-complementary

#552CA3 #A3902C #3FA32C

monochromatic

#231243 #3C1F73 #552CA3 #7041CC #9571D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#552CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA3

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA3	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.179 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69bf',
    500: '#552ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca3;
$custom-light: #8c69bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.672,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.1787,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA3

secondary

#A3C06B

accent

#E147AC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA3

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

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