#552D9A#552D9A

#552D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.167 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D9A
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 42.77, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 68.06, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0701 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.167 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5159, 6.1409, 31.1968)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D9A #729A2D

analogous

#2D3C9A #552D9A #8C2D9A

triadic

#552D9A #9A552D #2D9A55

tetradic

#552D9A #9A2D3C #729A2D #2D9A8C

square

#552D9A #9A2D3C #729A2D #2D9A8C

split-complementary

#552D9A #9A8C2D #3C9A2D

monochromatic

#21113B #3B1F6B #552D9A #703EC7 #936DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#552D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#552D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D9A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D9A	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.167 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b9',
    500: '#552d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d9a;
$custom-light: #8b69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41338,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D9A

secondary

#9DBB67

accent

#DE4AA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D9A

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

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