#552A75#552A75

#552A75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.127 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A75
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 117)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 34.52, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 49.45, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0778 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.127 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7845, 4.8717, 17.3564)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A75 #4A752A

analogous

#2F2A75 #552A75 #752A6F

triadic

#552A75 #75552A #2A7555

tetradic

#552A75 #752F2A #4A752A #2A6F75

square

#552A75 #752F2A #4A752A #2A6F75

split-complementary

#552A75 #6F752A #2A752F

monochromatic

#140A1B #341A48 #552A75 #763AA2 #9557C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#552A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A75

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A75	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.127 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88669d',
    500: '#552a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a75;
$custom-light: #88669d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38007,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A75

secondary

#77A754

accent

#D7518A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A75

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

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