#552EAA#552EAA

#552EAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.185 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EAA
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 170)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 72.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 46.72, -60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 76.12, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0658 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.185 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9769, 6.7871, 38.7014)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.78

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EAA #83AA2E

analogous

#2E45AA #552EAA #932EAA

triadic

#552EAA #AA552E #2EAA55

tetradic

#552EAA #AA2E45 #83AA2E #2EAA93

square

#552EAA #AA2E45 #83AA2E #2EAA93

split-complementary

#552EAA #AA932E #45AA2E

monochromatic

#25144A #3D217A #552EAA #7248CD #9778DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#552EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#552EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EAA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EAA	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.185 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6ac4',
    500: '#552eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eaa;
$custom-light: #8d6ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.871,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42864,
    "c": 0.18461,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EAA

secondary

#A9C371

accent

#E147B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EAA

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

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