#552279#552279

#552279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.143 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552279
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 39.73, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 56.34, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0874 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.143 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7688, 4.4559, 18.5363)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552279 #467922

analogous

#292279 #552279 #792271

triadic

#552279 #795522 #227955

tetradic

#552279 #792922 #467922 #227179

square

#552279 #792922 #467922 #227179

split-complementary

#552279 #717922 #227929

monochromatic

#120719 #331549 #552279 #772FA9 #9649CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#552279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#552279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552279

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552279	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.143 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862a0',
    500: '#552279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552279;
$custom-light: #8862a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37205,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552279

secondary

#73AC4B

accent

#DF4887

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552279

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

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