#552EA4#552EA4

#552EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.178 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EA4
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 45.03, -57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 72.90, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0671 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.178 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4223, 6.5652, 35.7801)
Luminance	0.0657 (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

#552EA4 #7DA42E

analogous

#2E42A4 #552EA4 #902EA4

triadic

#552EA4 #A4552E #2EA455

tetradic

#552EA4 #A42E42 #7DA42E #2EA490

square

#552EA4 #A42E42 #7DA42E #2EA490

split-complementary

#552EA4 #A4902E #42A42E

monochromatic

#231344 #3C2174 #552EA4 #7145CB #9574D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#552EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#552EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EA4

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EA4	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.178 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ac0',
    500: '#552ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ea4;
$custom-light: #8c6ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.831,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42334,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EA4

secondary

#A5C06E

accent

#DF48AE

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EA4

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

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