#552DA1#552DA1

#552DA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.175 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552DA1
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 72%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 44.71, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 71.85, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.0687 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.175 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1159, 6.3809, 34.3573)
Luminance	0.0638 (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

#552DA1 #79A12D

analogous

#2D3FA1 #552DA1 #8F2DA1

triadic

#552DA1 #A1552D #2DA155

tetradic

#552DA1 #A12D3F #79A12D #2DA18F

square

#552DA1 #A12D3F #79A12D #2DA18F

split-complementary

#552DA1 #A18F2D #3FA12D

monochromatic

#221241 #3C2071 #552DA1 #7041CA #9471D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#552DA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552DA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552DA1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552DA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552DA1	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552da1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.175 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69be',
    500: '#552da1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552da1;
$custom-light: #8c69be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552da1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552DA1

secondary

#A2BF6B

accent

#E048AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552DA1

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

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