#552DAB#552DAB

#552DAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.187 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552DAB
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 171)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 47.50, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 77.19, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0665 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.187 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0333, 6.7479, 39.1886)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#552DAB #83AB2D

analogous

#2D44AB #552DAB #942DAB

triadic

#552DAB #AB552D #2DAB55

tetradic

#552DAB #AB2D44 #83AB2D #2DAB94

square

#552DAB #AB2D44 #83AB2D #2DAB94

split-complementary

#552DAB #AB942D #44AB2D

monochromatic

#25144A #3D207B #552DAB #7247CE #9777DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#552DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#552DAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552DAB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552DAB	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.187 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6ac5',
    500: '#552dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552dab;
$custom-light: #8d6ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42827,
    "c": 0.18688,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552DAB

secondary

#A9C371

accent

#E246B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552DAB

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

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