#552E9F#552E9F

#552E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.172 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E9F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 43.63, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 70.21, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0681 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.172 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9796, 6.3882, 33.4487)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E9F #789F2E

analogous

#2E3F9F #552E9F #8D2E9F

triadic

#552E9F #9F552E #2E9F55

tetradic

#552E9F #9F2E3F #789F2E #2E9F8D

square

#552E9F #9F2E3F #789F2E #2E9F8D

split-complementary

#552E9F #9F8D2E #3F9F2E

monochromatic

#221340 #3C2070 #552E9F #7042C8 #9471D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#552E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#552E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E9F

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E9F	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.172 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6abc',
    500: '#552e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e9f;
$custom-light: #8c6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.708,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.419,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E9F

secondary

#A1BE6B

accent

#DE49AB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E9F

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

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