#552179#552179

#552179 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.144 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552179
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 40.22, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 56.88, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0886 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.144 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7406, 4.3996, 18.5269)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552179 #457921

analogous

#292179 #552179 #792171

triadic

#552179 #795521 #217955

tetradic

#552179 #792921 #457921 #217179

square

#552179 #792921 #457921 #217179

split-complementary

#552179 #717921 #217929

monochromatic

#110719 #331449 #552179 #772EA9 #9647CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#552179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#552179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552179

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552179	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.144 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a0',
    500: '#552179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552179;
$custom-light: #8961a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37081,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552179

secondary

#72AC4A

accent

#E04786

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552179

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

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