#552F9F#552F9F

#552F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.170 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F9F
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 43.11, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 69.63, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0671 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.17 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0191, 6.4672, 33.4619)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F9F #799F2F

analogous

#2F419F #552F9F #8D2F9F

triadic

#552F9F #9F552F #2F9F55

tetradic

#552F9F #9F2F41 #799F2F #2F9F8D

square

#552F9F #9F2F41 #799F2F #2F9F8D

split-complementary

#552F9F #9F8D2F #419F2F

monochromatic

#221341 #3C2170 #552F9F #7044C8 #9473D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#552F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#552F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F9F

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F9F	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.170 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bbc',
    500: '#552f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f9f;
$custom-light: #8c6bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42036,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F9F

secondary

#A2BD6D

accent

#DE4AAC

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F9F

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

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