#552FAB#552FAB

#552FAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.185 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FAB
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 171)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 46.49, -60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 76.10, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.0647 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.185 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1114, 6.9041, 39.2147)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 4.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552FAB #85AB2F

analogous

#2F47AB #552FAB #932FAB

triadic

#552FAB #AB552F #2FAB55

tetradic

#552FAB #AB2F47 #85AB2F #2FAB93

square

#552FAB #AB2F47 #85AB2F #2FAB93

split-complementary

#552FAB #AB932F #47AB2F

monochromatic

#25154B #3D227B #552FAB #724ACD #987ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#552FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#552FAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FAB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FAB	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.185 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bc5',
    500: '#552fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fab;
$custom-light: #8d6bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.387,
    "s": 56.881,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43083,
    "c": 0.18465,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FAB

secondary

#AAC373

accent

#E048B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FAB

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

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