#552CA5#552CA5

#552CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.181 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA5
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 46.34, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 74.54, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.0688 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.181 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4366, 6.4489, 36.2322)
Luminance	0.0645 (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

#552CA5 #7CA52C

analogous

#2C3FA5 #552CA5 #912CA5

triadic

#552CA5 #A5552C #2CA555

tetradic

#552CA5 #A52C3F #7CA52C #2CA591

square

#552CA5 #A52C3F #7CA52C #2CA591

split-complementary

#552CA5 #A5912C #3FA52C

monochromatic

#231244 #3C1F75 #552CA5 #7142CD #9572D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#552CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#552CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA5	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.181 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c1',
    500: '#552ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca5;
$custom-light: #8d69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.331,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42163,
    "c": 0.18103,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA5

secondary

#A4C16C

accent

#E147AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA5

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

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