#552FB5#552FB5

#552FB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.196 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FB5
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 181)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 74%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 49.31, -64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 81.39, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.0624 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.196 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1009, 7.2999, 44.4258)
Luminance	0.0730 (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

#552FB5 #8FB52F

analogous

#2F4CB5 #552FB5 #982FB5

triadic

#552FB5 #B5552F #2FB555

tetradic

#552FB5 #B52F4C #8FB52F #2FB598

square

#552FB5 #B52F4C #8FB52F #2FB598

split-complementary

#552FB5 #B5982F #4CB52F

monochromatic

#271654 #3E2284 #552FB5 #7550D1 #9B80DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#552FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#552FB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FB5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FB5	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.196 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bcc',
    500: '#552fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fb5;
$custom-light: #8f6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.015,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43988,
    "c": 0.19632,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FB5

secondary

#B1C779

accent

#E246B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FB5

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

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