#552FA6#552FA6

#552FA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.179 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FA6
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 45.08, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 73.42, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.0658 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.179 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6438, 6.7171, 36.7520)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552FA6 #80A62F

analogous

#2F44A6 #552FA6 #912FA6

triadic

#552FA6 #A6552F #2FA655

tetradic

#552FA6 #A62F44 #80A62F #2FA691

square

#552FA6 #A62F44 #80A62F #2FA691

split-complementary

#552FA6 #A6912F #44A62F

monochromatic

#241447 #3D2176 #552FA6 #7147CB #9677D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#552FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#552FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FA6

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FA6	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.179 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bc1',
    500: '#552fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fa6;
$custom-light: #8d6bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42641,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FA6

secondary

#A7C170

accent

#DF49AF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FA6

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

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