#552CA8#552CA8

#552CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.185 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CA8
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 47.17, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 76.14, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.0681 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.185 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7129, 6.5594, 37.6871)
Luminance	0.0656 (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

#552CA8 #7FA82C

analogous

#2C41A8 #552CA8 #932CA8

triadic

#552CA8 #A8552C #2CA855

tetradic

#552CA8 #A82C41 #7FA82C #2CA893

square

#552CA8 #A82C41 #7FA82C #2CA893

split-complementary

#552CA8 #A8932C #41A82C

monochromatic

#241347 #3C1F78 #552CA8 #7143CE #9674DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#552CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#552CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CA8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CA8	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.185 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c3',
    500: '#552ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ca8;
$custom-light: #8d69c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.839,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42432,
    "c": 0.18451,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CA8

secondary

#A6C26E

accent

#E246AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CA8

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

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