#552EA6#552EA6

#552EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.180 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EA6
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 45.60, -58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 73.98, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.0667 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.18 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6043, 6.6380, 36.7388)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#552EA6 #7FA62E

analogous

#2E43A6 #552EA6 #912EA6

triadic

#552EA6 #A6552E #2EA655

tetradic

#552EA6 #A62E43 #7FA62E #2EA691

square

#552EA6 #A62E43 #7FA62E #2EA691

split-complementary

#552EA6 #A6912E #43A62E

monochromatic

#241346 #3C2176 #552EA6 #7146CC #9676D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#552EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#552EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EA6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EA6	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.180 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6ac1',
    500: '#552ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ea6;
$custom-light: #8d6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42509,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EA6

secondary

#A6C16F

accent

#E048AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EA6

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

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