#552DAE#552DAE

#552DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.190 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552DAE
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 48.34, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 78.78, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.0658 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.19 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3225, 6.8635, 40.7117)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552DAE #86AE2D

analogous

#2D45AE #552DAE #962DAE

triadic

#552DAE #AE552D #2DAE55

tetradic

#552DAE #AE2D45 #86AE2D #2DAE96

square

#552DAE #AE2D45 #86AE2D #2DAE96

split-complementary

#552DAE #AE962D #45AE2D

monochromatic

#25144D #3D207D #552DAE #7248D0 #9879DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#552DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#552DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552DAE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552DAE	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.190 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ac7',
    500: '#552dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552dae;
$custom-light: #8e6ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.605,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43099,
    "c": 0.19036,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552DAE

secondary

#ABC472

accent

#E246B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552DAE

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

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