#552172#552172

#552172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.137 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552172
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 38.53, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 53.13, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0894 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.137 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3269, 4.2341, 16.3476)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552172 #3E7221

analogous

#2D2172 #552172 #722167

triadic

#552172 #725521 #217255

tetradic

#552172 #722D21 #3E7221 #216772

square

#552172 #722D21 #3E7221 #216772

split-complementary

#552172 #677221 #21722D

monochromatic

#120718 #321343 #552172 #782FA1 #9A44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#552172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#552172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552172

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552172	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.137 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88619b',
    500: '#552172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552172;
$custom-light: #88619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.519,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36544,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552172

secondary

#6AA549

accent

#DE497F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552172

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

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