#552D9C#552D9C

#552D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.169 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D9C
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 43.32, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 69.15, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0697 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.169 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6838, 6.2081, 32.0814)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D9C #749C2D

analogous

#2D3C9C #552D9C #8D2D9C

triadic

#552D9C #9C552D #2D9C55

tetradic

#552D9C #9C2D3C #749C2D #2D9C8D

square

#552D9C #9C2D3C #749C2D #2D9C8D

split-complementary

#552D9C #9C8D2D #3C9C2D

monochromatic

#21123D #3B1F6D #552D9C #703FC8 #936ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#552D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#552D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D9C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D9C	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.169 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69ba',
    500: '#552d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d9c;
$custom-light: #8b69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.622,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41509,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D9C

secondary

#9EBC68

accent

#DF49A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D9C

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

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