#552373#552373

#552373 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.135 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552373
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 115)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 37.77, -36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 52.55, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0869 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.135 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4413, 4.3713, 16.6681)
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

#552373 #417323

analogous

#2D2373 #552373 #732369

triadic

#552373 #735523 #237355

tetradic

#552373 #732D23 #417323 #236973

square

#552373 #732D23 #417323 #236973

split-complementary

#552373 #697323 #23732D

monochromatic

#110717 #321544 #552373 #7831A2 #9849C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#552373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#552373 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552373

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552373	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.135 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88629c',
    500: '#552373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552373;
$custom-light: #88629c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36877,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552373

secondary

#6EA64C

accent

#DD4B82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552373

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

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