#552177#552177

#552177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.142 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552177
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 39.73, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 55.81, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0889 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.142 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6193, 4.3510, 17.8876)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552177 #437721

analogous

#2A2177 #552177 #77216E

triadic

#552177 #775521 #217755

tetradic

#552177 #772A21 #437721 #216E77

square

#552177 #772A21 #437721 #216E77

split-complementary

#552177 #6E7721 #21772A

monochromatic

#110718 #331447 #552177 #772EA7 #9747CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#552177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#552177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552177

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552177	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.142 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88619f',
    500: '#552177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552177;
$custom-light: #88619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36925,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552177

secondary

#70AA4A

accent

#E04884

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552177

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

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