#552A72#552A72

#552A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.123 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A72
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 33.77, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 47.78, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0778 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.123 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6109, 4.8023, 16.4423)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 7.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A72 #47722A

analogous

#312A72 #552A72 #722A6B

triadic

#552A72 #72552A #2A7255

tetradic

#552A72 #72312A #47722A #2A6B72

square

#552A72 #72312A #47722A #2A6B72

split-complementary

#552A72 #6B722A #2A7231

monochromatic

#120919 #341A45 #552A72 #763A9F #9656C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#552A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#552A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A72

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A72	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C3C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.123 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87669b',
    500: '#552a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a72;
$custom-light: #87669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37795,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A72

secondary

#74A454

accent

#D65287

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A72

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

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