#552F9E#552F9E

#552F9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.169 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F9E
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 42.83, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 69.09, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0673 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.169 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9327, 6.4326, 33.0067)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F9E #789E2F

analogous

#2F409E #552F9E #8D2F9E

triadic

#552F9E #9E552F #2F9E55

tetradic

#552F9E #9E2F40 #789E2F #2F9E8D

square

#552F9E #9E2F40 #789E2F #2F9E8D

split-complementary

#552F9E #9E8D2F #409E2F

monochromatic

#221340 #3C216F #552F9E #7043C7 #9472D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#552F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#552F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F9E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F9E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.169 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bbc',
    500: '#552f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f9e;
$custom-light: #8c6bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.541,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41951,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F9E

secondary

#A1BD6C

accent

#DE4AAB

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F9E

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

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