#552EB4#552EB4

#552EB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.196 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EB4
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 49.53, -64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 81.40, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.0635 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.196 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9591, 7.1800, 43.8742)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EB4 #8DB42E

analogous

#2E4AB4 #552EB4 #982EB4

triadic

#552EB4 #B4552E #2EB455

tetradic

#552EB4 #B42E4A #8DB42E #2EB498

square

#552EB4 #B42E4A #8DB42E #2EB498

split-complementary

#552EB4 #B4982E #4AB42E

monochromatic

#271553 #3E2283 #552EB4 #744ED2 #9A7EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#552EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#552EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EB4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EB4	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.196 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bcc',
    500: '#552eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eb4;
$custom-light: #8f6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.463,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43772,
    "c": 0.19623,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EB4

secondary

#B0C777

accent

#E245B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EB4

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

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