#552A70#552A70

#552A70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.121 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A70
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 62.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 33.27, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 46.68, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0778 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.121 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4984, 4.7572, 15.8493)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A70 #45702A

analogous

#322A70 #552A70 #702A68

triadic

#552A70 #70552A #2A7055

tetradic

#552A70 #70322A #45702A #2A6870

square

#552A70 #70322A #45702A #2A6870

split-complementary

#552A70 #68702A #2A7032

monochromatic

#110917 #331943 #552A70 #773B9D #9655BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#552A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#552A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A70

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A70	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.121 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876699',
    500: '#552a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a70;
$custom-light: #876699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.857,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37657,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A70

secondary

#72A254

accent

#D55385

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A70

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

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