#552FAD#552FAD

#552FAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.187 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FAD
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 173)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 47.05, -61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 77.16, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.0643 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.187 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3035, 6.9809, 40.2262)
Luminance	0.0698 (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

#552FAD #87AD2F

analogous

#2F48AD #552FAD #942FAD

triadic

#552FAD #AD552F #2FAD55

tetradic

#552FAD #AD2F48 #87AD2F #2FAD94

square

#552FAD #AD2F48 #87AD2F #2FAD94

split-complementary

#552FAD #AD942F #48AD2F

monochromatic

#26154D #3D227D #552FAD #734BCE #987BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#552FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#552FAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FAD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FAD	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.187 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bc6',
    500: '#552fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fad;
$custom-light: #8e6bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.095,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43262,
    "c": 0.187,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FAD

secondary

#ACC474

accent

#E147B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FAD

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

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