#552EAE#552EAE

#552EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.189 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EAE
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 47.84, -61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 78.24, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0649 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.189 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3611, 6.9408, 40.7246)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EAE #87AE2E

analogous

#2E47AE #552EAE #952EAE

triadic

#552EAE #AE552E #2EAE55

tetradic

#552EAE #AE2E47 #87AE2E #2EAE95

square

#552EAE #AE2E47 #87AE2E #2EAE95

split-complementary

#552EAE #AE952E #47AE2E

monochromatic

#26144D #3D217E #552EAE #734ACF #987ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#552EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#552EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EAE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EAE	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.189 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bc7',
    500: '#552eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eae;
$custom-light: #8e6bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.281,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43224,
    "c": 0.18928,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EAE

secondary

#ACC474

accent

#E146B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EAE

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

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