#552CAE#552CAE

#552CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.191 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CAE
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 48.84, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 79.31, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0666 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.191 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2848, 6.7881, 40.6991)
Luminance	0.0679 (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

#552CAE #85AE2C

analogous

#2C44AE #552CAE #962CAE

triadic

#552CAE #AE552C #2CAE55

tetradic

#552CAE #AE2C44 #85AE2C #2CAE96

square

#552CAE #AE2C44 #85AE2C #2CAE96

split-complementary

#552CAE #AE962C #44AE2C

monochromatic

#25134C #3D207D #552CAE #7247D0 #9878DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#552CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#552CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CAE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CAE	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.191 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69c7',
    500: '#552cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552cae;
$custom-light: #8e69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42976,
    "c": 0.19143,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CAE

secondary

#AAC571

accent

#E345B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CAE

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

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