#552EA8#552EA8

#552EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.182 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EA8
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 46.16, -59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 75.05, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0663 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.182 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7892, 6.7120, 37.7126)
Luminance	0.0671 (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

#552EA8 #81A82E

analogous

#2E44A8 #552EA8 #922EA8

triadic

#552EA8 #A8552E #2EA855

tetradic

#552EA8 #A82E44 #81A82E #2EA892

square

#552EA8 #A82E44 #81A82E #2EA892

split-complementary

#552EA8 #A8922E #44A82E

monochromatic

#241448 #3D2178 #552EA8 #7147CD #9677DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#552EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#552EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EA8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EA8	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.182 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6ac3',
    500: '#552ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ea8;
$custom-light: #8d6ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.18,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42686,
    "c": 0.18226,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EA8

secondary

#A8C270

accent

#E048AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EA8

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

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