#552170#552170

#552170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.134 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552170
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 112)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 38.05, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 52.07, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0896 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.134 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2143, 4.1890, 15.7546)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552170 #3C7021

analogous

#2D2170 #552170 #702163

triadic

#552170 #705521 #217055

tetradic

#552170 #702D21 #3C7021 #216370

square

#552170 #702D21 #3C7021 #216370

split-complementary

#552170 #637021 #21702D

monochromatic

#120718 #311341 #552170 #792F9F #9B44C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#552170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#552170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552170

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552170	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.134 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88619a',
    500: '#552170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552170;
$custom-light: #88619a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36395,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552170

secondary

#68A449

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552170

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

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