#552174#552174

#552174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.139 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552174
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 39.00, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 54.20, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0892 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.139 310)
XYZ	xyz(7.4419, 4.2801, 16.9537)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552174 #407421

analogous

#2B2174 #552174 #74216A

triadic

#552174 #745521 #217455

tetradic

#552174 #742B21 #407421 #216A74

square

#552174 #742B21 #407421 #216A74

split-complementary

#552174 #6A7421 #21742B

monochromatic

#110718 #321344 #552174 #782FA4 #9945CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#552174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#552174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552174

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552174	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.139 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88619d',
    500: '#552174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552174;
$custom-light: #88619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36695,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.0428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552174

secondary

#6DA749

accent

#DF4981

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552174

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

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