#552CB1#552CB1

#552CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.195 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CB1
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 49.67, -63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 80.88, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0658 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.195 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5805, 6.9064, 42.2566)
Luminance	0.0691 (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

#552CB1 #88B12C

analogous

#2C45B1 #552CB1 #972CB1

triadic

#552CB1 #B1552C #2CB155

tetradic

#552CB1 #B12C45 #88B12C #2CB197

square

#552CB1 #B12C45 #88B12C #2CB197

split-complementary

#552CB1 #B1972C #45B12C

monochromatic

#26144F #3D2080 #552CB1 #7349D2 #987ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#552CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#552CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CB1

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CB1	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.195 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ac9',
    500: '#552cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552cb1;
$custom-light: #8e6ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.496,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43251,
    "c": 0.19487,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CB1

secondary

#ACC673

accent

#E344B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CB1

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

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