#552A73#552A73

#552A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.124 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A73
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 63.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 34.02, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 48.34, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0778 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.124 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6682, 4.8252, 16.7437)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A73 #48732A

analogous

#302A73 #552A73 #732A6C

triadic

#552A73 #73552A #2A7355

tetradic

#552A73 #73302A #48732A #2A6C73

square

#552A73 #73302A #48732A #2A6C73

split-complementary

#552A73 #6C732A #2A7330

monochromatic

#130919 #341A46 #552A73 #763AA0 #9556C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#552A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A73

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A73	1.00	10.69	1.97	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.124 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87669c',
    500: '#552a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a73;
$custom-light: #87669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.342,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37866,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A73

secondary

#75A554

accent

#D65288

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A73

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

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