#552173#552173

#552173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.138 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552173
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 115)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 38.76, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 53.67, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0893 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.138 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3841, 4.2570, 16.6490)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552173 #3F7321

analogous

#2C2173 #552173 #732168

triadic

#552173 #735521 #217355

tetradic

#552173 #732C21 #3F7321 #216873

square

#552173 #732C21 #3F7321 #216873

split-complementary

#552173 #687321 #21732C

monochromatic

#120718 #321343 #552173 #782FA3 #9945CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#552173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#552173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552173

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552173	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.138 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88619c',
    500: '#552173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552173;
$custom-light: #88619c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36619,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552173

secondary

#6BA649

accent

#DF4980

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552173

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

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