#552E9E#552E9E

#552E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.170 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E9E
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 43.36, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 69.66, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.0683 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.17 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8932, 6.3536, 32.9935)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E9E #779E2E

analogous

#2E3F9E #552E9E #8D2E9E

triadic

#552E9E #9E552E #2E9E55

tetradic

#552E9E #9E2E3F #779E2E #2E9E8D

square

#552E9E #9E2E3F #779E2E #2E9E8D

split-complementary

#552E9E #9E8D2E #3F9E2E

monochromatic

#22123F #3C206F #552E9E #7041C8 #9471D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#552E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#552E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E9E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E9E	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.170 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6abc',
    500: '#552e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e9e;
$custom-light: #8c6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.893,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41814,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E9E

secondary

#A0BD6B

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E9E

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

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