#552E9D#552E9D

#552E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.169 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E9D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 43.08, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 69.12, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% 0.0685 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.169 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8075, 6.3193, 32.5421)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E9D #769D2E

analogous

#2E3F9D #552E9D #8D2E9D

triadic

#552E9D #9D552E #2E9D55

tetradic

#552E9D #9D2E3F #769D2E #2E9D8D

square

#552E9D #9D2E3F #769D2E #2E9D8D

split-complementary

#552E9D #9D8D2E #3F9D2E

monochromatic

#22123E #3B206E #552E9D #7041C7 #9470D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#552E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#552E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E9D

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E9D	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.169 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6abb',
    500: '#552e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e9d;
$custom-light: #8b6abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41729,
    "c": 0.16923,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E9D

secondary

#A0BD6A

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E9D

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

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