#552FA8#552FA8

#552FA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.181 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FA8
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 45.64, -58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 74.49, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.0654 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.181 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8287, 6.7910, 37.7257)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552FA8 #82A82F

analogous

#2F46A8 #552FA8 #922FA8

triadic

#552FA8 #A8552F #2FA855

tetradic

#552FA8 #A82F46 #82A82F #2FA892

square

#552FA8 #A82F46 #82A82F #2FA892

split-complementary

#552FA8 #A8922F #46A82F

monochromatic

#251448 #3D2278 #552FA8 #7248CC #9778D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#552FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#552FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FA8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FA8	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.181 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bc3',
    500: '#552fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fa8;
$custom-light: #8d6bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.843,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42817,
    "c": 0.18111,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FA8

secondary

#A8C171

accent

#E048B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FA8

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

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