#552A6E#552A6E

#552A6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.118 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A6E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 32.78, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 45.57, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0778 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.118 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3882, 4.7132, 15.2694)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 7.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A6E #436E2A

analogous

#332A6E #552A6E #6E2A65

triadic

#552A6E #6E552A #2A6E55

tetradic

#552A6E #6E332A #436E2A #2A656E

square

#552A6E #6E332A #436E2A #2A656E

split-complementary

#552A6E #656E2A #2A6E33

monochromatic

#110816 #331942 #552A6E #773B9A #9755BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#552A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#552A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A6E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A6E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.118 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876698',
    500: '#552a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a6e;
$custom-light: #876698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3752,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A6E

secondary

#70A054

accent

#D45383

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A6E

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

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