#552CAB#552CAB

#552CAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.188 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CAB
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 171)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 74.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 48.00, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 77.72, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0673 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.188 291)
XYZ	xyz(11.9956, 6.6725, 39.1760)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#552CAB #82AB2C

analogous

#2C43AB #552CAB #952CAB

triadic

#552CAB #AB552C #2CAB55

tetradic

#552CAB #AB2C43 #82AB2C #2CAB95

square

#552CAB #AB2C43 #82AB2C #2CAB95

split-complementary

#552CAB #AB952C #43AB2C

monochromatic

#25134A #3D1F7A #552CAB #7245CF #9776DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#552CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#552CAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CAB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CAB	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.188 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69c5',
    500: '#552cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552cab;
$custom-light: #8e69c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.37,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42702,
    "c": 0.18799,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.06673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CAB

secondary

#A8C36F

accent

#E246B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CAB

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

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