#552EA1#552EA1

#552EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.174 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EA1
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 44.19, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 71.29, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.0677 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.174 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1545, 6.4581, 34.3701)
Luminance	0.0646 (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

#552EA1 #7AA12E

analogous

#2E40A1 #552EA1 #8E2EA1

triadic

#552EA1 #A1552E #2EA155

tetradic

#552EA1 #A12E40 #7AA12E #2EA18E

square

#552EA1 #A12E40 #7AA12E #2EA18E

split-complementary

#552EA1 #A18E2E #40A12E

monochromatic

#231342 #3C2071 #552EA1 #7043C9 #9573D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#552EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#552EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EA1

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EA1	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.174 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6abe',
    500: '#552ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ea1;
$custom-light: #8c6abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.348,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42073,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EA1

secondary

#A3BE6C

accent

#DF49AC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EA1

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

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