#552F9B#552F9B

#552F9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.166 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F9B
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.23, 41.98, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.23, 67.45, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0678 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.166 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6776, 6.3306, 31.6633)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F9B #759B2F

analogous

#2F3F9B #552F9B #8B2F9B

triadic

#552F9B #9B552F #2F9B55

tetradic

#552F9B #9B2F3F #759B2F #2F9B8B

square

#552F9B #9B2F3F #759B2F #2F9B8B

split-complementary

#552F9B #9B8B2F #3F9B2F

monochromatic

#21133D #3B216C #552F9B #7042C6 #9371D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#552F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#552F9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F9B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F9B	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.166 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ab9',
    500: '#552f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f9b;
$custom-light: #8b6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41697,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F9B

secondary

#9FBB6A

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F9B

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

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