#552EAC#552EAC

#552EAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.187 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EAC
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 172)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 47.28, -61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 77.18, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0654 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.187 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1676, 6.8633, 39.7054)
Luminance	0.0686 (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

#552EAC #85AC2E

analogous

#2E46AC #552EAC #942EAC

triadic

#552EAC #AC552E #2EAC55

tetradic

#552EAC #AC2E46 #85AC2E #2EAC94

square

#552EAC #AC2E46 #85AC2E #2EAC94

split-complementary

#552EAC #AC942E #46AC2E

monochromatic

#25144B #3D217C #552EAC #7249CE #9879DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#552EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#552EAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EAC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EAC	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.187 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ac6',
    500: '#552eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eac;
$custom-light: #8e6ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43044,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EAC

secondary

#AAC372

accent

#E147B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EAC

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

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