#552F9C#552F9C

#552F9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.167 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F9C
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 69.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 42.26, -53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 68.00, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0677 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.167 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7619, 6.3643, 32.1075)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F9C #769C2F

analogous

#2F409C #552F9C #8B2F9C

triadic

#552F9C #9C552F #2F9C55

tetradic

#552F9C #9C2F40 #769C2F #2F9C8B

square

#552F9C #9C2F40 #769C2F #2F9C8B

split-complementary

#552F9C #9C8B2F #409C2F

monochromatic

#22133E #3B216D #552F9C #7042C6 #9471D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#552F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#552F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F9C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F9C	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.167 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6aba',
    500: '#552f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f9c;
$custom-light: #8b6aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.917,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41781,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F9C

secondary

#A0BC6B

accent

#DD4BAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F9C

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

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