#552A77#552A77

#552A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.129 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A77
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 64.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 35.03, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 50.55, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0777 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.129 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.9034, 4.9192, 17.9823)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A77 #4C772A

analogous

#2E2A77 #552A77 #772A73

triadic

#552A77 #77552A #2A7755

tetradic

#552A77 #772E2A #4C772A #2A7377

square

#552A77 #772E2A #4C772A #2A7377

split-complementary

#552A77 #73772A #2A772E

monochromatic

#140A1D #351A4A #552A77 #753AA4 #9458C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#552A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#552A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A77

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A77	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3F75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.129 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88669f',
    500: '#552a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a77;
$custom-light: #88669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.506,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38151,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A77

secondary

#79A954

accent

#D7508C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A77

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

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