#552A76#552A76

#552A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.128 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A76
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 64.4%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 34.78, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 50.00, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0777 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.128 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8436, 4.8953, 17.6677)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A76 #4B762A

analogous

#2F2A76 #552A76 #762A71

triadic

#552A76 #76552A #2A7655

tetradic

#552A76 #762F2A #4B762A #2A7176

square

#552A76 #762F2A #4B762A #2A7176

split-complementary

#552A76 #71762A #2A762F

monochromatic

#140A1C #341A49 #552A76 #763AA3 #9457C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#552A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#552A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A76

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A76	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.128 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88669e',
    500: '#552a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a76;
$custom-light: #88669e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.947,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38079,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A76

secondary

#78A854

accent

#D7518B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A76

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

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