#552EB7#552EB7

#552EB7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.200 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552EB7
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 183)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 74.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, 50.37, -65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 82.97, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0627 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.2 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2680, 7.3035, 45.5012)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552EB7 #90B72E

analogous

#2E4CB7 #552EB7 #992EB7

triadic

#552EB7 #B7552E #2EB755

tetradic

#552EB7 #B72E4C #90B72E #2EB799

square

#552EB7 #B72E4C #90B72E #2EB799

split-complementary

#552EB7 #B7992E #4CB72E

monochromatic

#281555 #3E2286 #552EB7 #754FD3 #9B80DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#552EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#552EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552EB7

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552EB7	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.200 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bce',
    500: '#552eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552eb7;
$custom-light: #8f6bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.08,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44049,
    "c": 0.19967,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552EB7

secondary

#B1C879

accent

#E345B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552EB7

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

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