#552DAD#552DAD

#552DAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.189 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552DAD
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 173)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 74%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 48.06, -61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 78.25, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.066 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.189 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2254, 6.8247, 40.2002)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552DAD #85AD2D

analogous

#2D45AD #552DAD #952DAD

triadic

#552DAD #AD552D #2DAD55

tetradic

#552DAD #AD2D45 #85AD2D #2DAD95

square

#552DAD #AD2D45 #85AD2D #2DAD95

split-complementary

#552DAD #AD952D #45AD2D

monochromatic

#25144C #3D207C #552DAD #7248CF #9878DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#552DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#552DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552DAD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552DAD	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.189 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ac6',
    500: '#552dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552dad;
$custom-light: #8e6ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43008,
    "c": 0.1892,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552DAD

secondary

#AAC472

accent

#E246B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552DAD

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

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