#552EB5#552EB5

#552EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.197 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EB5
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, 49.81, -65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 81.92, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.0632 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.197 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0614, 7.2209, 44.4126)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 3.90

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EB5 #8EB52E

analogous

#2E4BB5 #552EB5 #982EB5

triadic

#552EB5 #B5552E #2EB555

tetradic

#552EB5 #B52E4B #8EB52E #2EB598

square

#552EB5 #B52E4B #8EB52E #2EB598

split-complementary

#552EB5 #B5982E #4BB52E

monochromatic

#271553 #3E2284 #552EB5 #744ED2 #9B7FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#552EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#552EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EB5

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EB5	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.197 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bcc',
    500: '#552eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eb5;
$custom-light: #8f6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43864,
    "c": 0.19738,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EB5

secondary

#B0C778

accent

#E345B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EB5

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

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