#552E9B#552E9B

#552E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.167 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E9B
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 42.52, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 68.03, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.0689 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.167 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6381, 6.2516, 31.6502)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E9B #749B2E

analogous

#2E3E9B #552E9B #8C2E9B

triadic

#552E9B #9B552E #2E9B55

tetradic

#552E9B #9B2E3E #749B2E #2E9B8C

square

#552E9B #9B2E3E #749B2E #2E9B8C

split-complementary

#552E9B #9B8C2E #3E9B2E

monochromatic

#21123D #3B206C #552E9B #7040C6 #936FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#552E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#552E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E9B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E9B	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.167 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab9',
    500: '#552e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e9b;
$custom-light: #8b6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41559,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E9B

secondary

#9EBC69

accent

#DE4AA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E9B

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

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