#552FA9#552FA9

#552FA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.182 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FA9
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 45.92, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 75.03, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.0652 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.182 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9222, 6.8284, 38.2183)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552FA9 #83A92F

analogous

#2F46A9 #552FA9 #922FA9

triadic

#552FA9 #A9552F #2FA955

tetradic

#552FA9 #A92F46 #83A92F #2FA992

square

#552FA9 #A92F46 #83A92F #2FA992

split-complementary

#552FA9 #A9922F #46A92F

monochromatic

#251449 #3D2279 #552FA9 #7249CC #9779DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#552FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#552FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FA9

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FA9	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.182 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bc4',
    500: '#552fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fa9;
$custom-light: #8d6bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42905,
    "c": 0.18229,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FA9

secondary

#A9C272

accent

#E048B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FA9

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

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