#552CA6#552CA6

#552CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.182 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA6
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 73.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 46.61, -58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 75.07, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.0685 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.182 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5280, 6.4854, 36.7134)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#552CA6 #7DA62C

analogous

#2C40A6 #552CA6 #922CA6

triadic

#552CA6 #A6552C #2CA655

tetradic

#552CA6 #A62C40 #7DA62C #2CA692

square

#552CA6 #A62C40 #7DA62C #2CA692

split-complementary

#552CA6 #A6922C #40A62C

monochromatic

#231245 #3C1F76 #552CA6 #7142CD #9573DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#552CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#552CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA6	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.182 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c1',
    500: '#552ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca6;
$custom-light: #8d69c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.164,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42252,
    "c": 0.1822,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA6

secondary

#A5C16D

accent

#E146AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA6

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

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