#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
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 173)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 48.56, -62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 78.78, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0669 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.19 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1877, 6.7493, 40.1876)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#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
##552CAD	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CAD

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

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