#552A74#552A74

#552A74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.125 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A74
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 34.27, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 48.89, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0778 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.125 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7260, 4.8483, 17.0484)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A74 #49742A

analogous

#302A74 #552A74 #742A6E

triadic

#552A74 #74552A #2A7455

tetradic

#552A74 #74302A #49742A #2A6E74

square

#552A74 #74302A #49742A #2A6E74

split-complementary

#552A74 #6E742A #2A7430

monochromatic

#13091A #341A47 #552A74 #763AA1 #9556C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#552A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A74

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A74	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.125 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88669c',
    500: '#552a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a74;
$custom-light: #88669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37936,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A74

secondary

#76A654

accent

#D65189

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A74

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

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