#552A71#552A71

#552A71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.122 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A71
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 33.52, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 47.23, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0778 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.122 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5543, 4.7796, 16.1442)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A71 #46712A

analogous

#312A71 #552A71 #712A69

triadic

#552A71 #71552A #2A7155

tetradic

#552A71 #71312A #46712A #2A6971

square

#552A71 #71312A #46712A #2A6971

split-complementary

#552A71 #69712A #2A7131

monochromatic

#120918 #331944 #552A71 #773B9E #9655C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#552A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#552A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A71

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A71	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.122 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87669a',
    500: '#552a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a71;
$custom-light: #87669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37726,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A71

secondary

#73A354

accent

#D55286

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A71

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

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