#552CAD#552CAD

#552CAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.190 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#552CAD
RGBrgb(85, 44, 173)
HSLhsl(259, 59%, 43%)
HSVhsv(259, 75%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(50.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(31.23, 48.56, -62.03)
CIE-LCHlch(31.23, 78.78, 308.05°)
OKLaboklab(42.88% 0.0669 -0.1782)
OKLCHoklch(42.88% 0.19 290.6)
XYZxyz(12.1877, 6.7493, 40.1876)
Luminance0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#552CAD #84AD2C
analogous
#2C43AD #552CAD #962CAD
triadic
#552CAD #AD552C #2CAD55
tetradic
#552CAD #AD2C43 #84AD2C #2CAD96
square
#552CAD #AD2C43 #84AD2C #2CAD96
split-complementary
#552CAD #AD962C #43AD2C
monochromatic
#25134B #3D207C #552CAD #7246D0 #9777DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94
#552CAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35
#552CAD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CAD
8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##552CAD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##552CAD1.008.942.358.94
#FFFFFF8.941.0021.001.00
#0000002.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.941.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004CB1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0047AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#364F6A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #552cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.190 290.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69c7',
    500: '#552cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #552cad;
$custom-light: #8e69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#552cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.07,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42884,
    "c": 0.19029,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#552CAD
secondary
#AAC471
accent
#E345B1
background
#F9F6FC
surface
#F1EBF8
border
#CBC6D1
text
#0D0713
muted
#7E7A82

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#552CAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva