#552CAA#552CAA

#552CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.187 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CAA
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 47.72, -60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 77.20, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.0676 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.187 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9006, 6.6345, 38.6760)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#552CAA #81AA2C

analogous

#2C42AA #552CAA #942CAA

triadic

#552CAA #AA552C #2CAA55

tetradic

#552CAA #AA2C42 #81AA2C #2CAA94

square

#552CAA #AA2C42 #81AA2C #2CAA94

split-complementary

#552CAA #AA942C #42AA2C

monochromatic

#241349 #3D1F79 #552CAA #7144CF #9675DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#552CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#552CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CAA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CAA	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.187 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69c4',
    500: '#552caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552caa;
$custom-light: #8d69c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42612,
    "c": 0.18683,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CAA

secondary

#A8C36F

accent

#E246AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CAA

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

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