#552F9A#552F9A

#552F9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.164 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F9A
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.15, 41.70, -52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.15, 66.91, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.068 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.164 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5940, 6.2971, 31.2229)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F9A #749A2F

analogous

#2F3F9A #552F9A #8B2F9A

triadic

#552F9A #9A552F #2F9A55

tetradic

#552F9A #9A2F3F #749A2F #2F9A8B

square

#552F9A #9A2F3F #749A2F #2F9A8B

split-complementary

#552F9A #9A8B2F #3F9A2F

monochromatic

#21123C #3B216B #552F9A #7041C5 #9370D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#552F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#552F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F9A

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F9A	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.164 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab9',
    500: '#552f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f9a;
$custom-light: #8b6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 53.234,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41613,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F9A

secondary

#9EBB6A

accent

#DD4BA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F9A

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

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