#552D9D#552D9D

#552D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.170 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D9D
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 43.60, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 69.69, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0695 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.17 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7688, 6.2421, 32.5292)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D9D #759D2D

analogous

#2D3D9D #552D9D #8D2D9D

triadic

#552D9D #9D552D #2D9D55

tetradic

#552D9D #9D2D3D #759D2D #2D9D8D

square

#552D9D #9D2D3D #759D2D #2D9D8D

split-complementary

#552D9D #9D8D2D #3D9D2D

monochromatic

#21123E #3B1F6D #552D9D #703FC8 #946FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#552D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D9D

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D9D	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.170 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69bb',
    500: '#552d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d9d;
$custom-light: #8c69bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41594,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D9D

secondary

#9FBD69

accent

#DF49A9

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D9D

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

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