#552EB1#552EB1

#552EB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.193 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EB1
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 177)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 74%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 48.69, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 79.82, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.0642 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.193 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6568, 7.0590, 42.2821)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.38

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EB1 #8AB12E

analogous

#2E48B1 #552EB1 #962EB1

triadic

#552EB1 #B1552E #2EB155

tetradic

#552EB1 #B12E48 #8AB12E #2EB196

square

#552EB1 #B12E48 #8AB12E #2EB196

split-complementary

#552EB1 #B1962E #48B12E

monochromatic

#261550 #3E2180 #552EB1 #734CD0 #997CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#552EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#552EB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EB1

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EB1	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.193 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bc9',
    500: '#552eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eb1;
$custom-light: #8e6bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.863,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43497,
    "c": 0.19276,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EB1

secondary

#AEC675

accent

#E246B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EB1

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

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