#552978#552978

#552978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.132 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552978
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 65.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 35.84, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 51.72, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.079 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.132 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9287, 4.8733, 18.2886)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552978 #4C7829

analogous

#2E2978 #552978 #782974

triadic

#552978 #785529 #297855

tetradic

#552978 #782E29 #4C7829 #297478

square

#552978 #782E29 #4C7829 #297478

split-complementary

#552978 #747829 #29782E

monochromatic

#140A1D #35194A #552978 #7539A6 #9456C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#552978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552978

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552978	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.132 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88669f',
    500: '#552978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552978;
$custom-light: #88669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.418,
    "s": 49.068,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38077,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552978

secondary

#79AA53

accent

#D94F8C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552978

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

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