#552EAD#552EAD

#552EAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.188 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EAD
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 173)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 47.56, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 77.71, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.0652 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.188 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2640, 6.9019, 40.2131)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EAD #86AD2E

analogous

#2E47AD #552EAD #942EAD

triadic

#552EAD #AD552E #2EAD55

tetradic

#552EAD #AD2E47 #86AD2E #2EAD94

square

#552EAD #AD2E47 #86AD2E #2EAD94

split-complementary

#552EAD #AD942E #47AD2E

monochromatic

#25144C #3D217D #552EAD #7249CF #987ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#552EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#552EAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EAD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EAD	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.188 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bc6',
    500: '#552ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552ead;
$custom-light: #8e6bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.425,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43134,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EAD

secondary

#ABC473

accent

#E147B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EAD

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

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