#552D9B#552D9B

#552D9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.168 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D9B
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, 43.05, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 68.61, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0699 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.168 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5995, 6.1743, 31.6373)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D9B #739B2D

analogous

#2D3C9B #552D9B #8C2D9B

triadic

#552D9B #9B552D #2D9B55

tetradic

#552D9B #9B2D3C #739B2D #2D9B8C

square

#552D9B #9B2D3C #739B2D #2D9B8C

split-complementary

#552D9B #9B8C2D #3C9B2D

monochromatic

#21113C #3B1F6C #552D9B #703EC7 #936ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#552D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#552D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D9B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D9B	1.00	9.40	2.24	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.168 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69b9',
    500: '#552d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d9b;
$custom-light: #8b69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41423,
    "c": 0.16809,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D9B

secondary

#9DBC68

accent

#DE49A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D9B

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

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