#552CA4#552CA4

#552CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.180 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA4
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 46.06, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 74.01, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.069 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.18 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3460, 6.4126, 35.7547)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552CA4 #7BA42C

analogous

#2C3FA4 #552CA4 #912CA4

triadic

#552CA4 #A4552C #2CA455

tetradic

#552CA4 #A42C3F #7BA42C #2CA491

square

#552CA4 #A42C3F #7BA42C #2CA491

split-complementary

#552CA4 #A4912C #3FA42C

monochromatic

#231243 #3C1F74 #552CA4 #7141CC #9571D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#552CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA4

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA4	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.180 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c0',
    500: '#552ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca4;
$custom-light: #8d69c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42075,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA4

secondary

#A3C06B

accent

#E147AC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA4

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

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