#552CB5#552CB5

#552CB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.199 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552CB5
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 50.78, -65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 82.96, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.62% 0.0648 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(43.62% 0.199 289)
XYZ	xyz(12.9850, 7.0682, 44.3872)
Luminance	0.0707 (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

#552CB5 #8CB52C

analogous

#2C48B5 #552CB5 #9A2CB5

triadic

#552CB5 #B5552C #2CB555

tetradic

#552CB5 #B52C48 #8CB52C #2CB59A

square

#552CB5 #B52C48 #8CB52C #2CB59A

split-complementary

#552CB5 #B59A2C #48B52C

monochromatic

#271453 #3E2084 #552CB5 #744BD3 #9A7CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#552CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#552CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552CB5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552CB5	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.199 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6acc',
    500: '#552cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552cb5;
$custom-light: #8f6acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.956,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43623,
    "c": 0.19943,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.07069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552CB5

secondary

#AFC875

accent

#E444B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552CB5

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

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