#552FB8#552FB8

#552FB8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.200 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552FB8
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 184)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 50.16, -66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 82.96, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.0617 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.2 288)
XYZ	xyz(13.4120, 7.4243, 46.0644)
Luminance	0.0742 (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

#552FB8 #92B82F

analogous

#2F4EB8 #552FB8 #992FB8

triadic

#552FB8 #B8552F #2FB855

tetradic

#552FB8 #B82F4E #92B82F #2FB899

square

#552FB8 #B82F4E #92B82F #2FB899

split-complementary

#552FB8 #B8992F #4EB82F

monochromatic

#281657 #3E2387 #552FB8 #7552D3 #9C82DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#552FB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#552FB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552FB8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552FB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552FB8	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552fb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.200 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6cce',
    500: '#552fb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552fb8;
$custom-light: #8f6cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552fb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.642,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44264,
    "c": 0.1998,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.07425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552FB8

secondary

#B3C87B

accent

#E245B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #552FB8

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

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