#552E9A#552E9A

#552E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.166 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E9A
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.96, 42.24, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.96, 67.49, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.069 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.166 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5545, 6.2181, 31.2097)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E9A #739A2E

analogous

#2E3D9A #552E9A #8B2E9A

triadic

#552E9A #9A552E #2E9A55

tetradic

#552E9A #9A2E3D #739A2E #2E9A8B

square

#552E9A #9A2E3D #739A2E #2E9A8B

split-complementary

#552E9A #9A8B2E #3D9A2E

monochromatic

#21123C #3B206B #552E9A #703FC6 #936FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#552E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#552E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E9A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E9A	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.166 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab9',
    500: '#552e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e9a;
$custom-light: #8b6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41475,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E9A

secondary

#9DBB69

accent

#DD4AA8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E9A

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

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