#552178#552178

#552178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.143 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552178
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 39.97, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 56.34, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0887 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.143 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6796, 4.3752, 18.2056)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552178 #447821

analogous

#292178 #552178 #782170

triadic

#552178 #785521 #217855

tetradic

#552178 #782921 #447821 #217078

square

#552178 #782921 #447821 #217078

split-complementary

#552178 #707821 #217829

monochromatic

#110718 #331448 #552178 #772EA8 #9747CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#552178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#552178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552178

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552178	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.143 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861a0',
    500: '#552178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552178;
$custom-light: #8861a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37003,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552178

secondary

#71AB4A

accent

#E04885

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552178

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

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