#552EA5#552EA5

#552EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.179 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EA5
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 45.31, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 73.44, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0669 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.179 292)
XYZ	xyz(11.5129, 6.6015, 36.2576)
Luminance	0.0660 (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

#552EA5 #7EA52E

analogous

#2E43A5 #552EA5 #912EA5

triadic

#552EA5 #A5552E #2EA555

tetradic

#552EA5 #A52E43 #7EA52E #2EA591

square

#552EA5 #A52E43 #7EA52E #2EA591

split-complementary

#552EA5 #A5912E #43A52E

monochromatic

#241345 #3C2175 #552EA5 #7145CB #9675D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#552EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#552EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EA5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EA5	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.179 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6ac1',
    500: '#552ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ea5;
$custom-light: #8d6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.664,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42421,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EA5

secondary

#A5C06F

accent

#E048AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EA5

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

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