#552A78#552A78

#552A78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.130 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A78
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 65%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 35.29, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 51.11, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0777 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.13 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9637, 4.9434, 18.3003)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A78 #4D782A

analogous

#2E2A78 #552A78 #782A74

triadic

#552A78 #78552A #2A7855

tetradic

#552A78 #782E2A #4D782A #2A7478

square

#552A78 #782E2A #4D782A #2A7478

split-complementary

#552A78 #74782A #2A782E

monochromatic

#150A1D #351A4B #552A78 #753AA5 #9458C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#552A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A78

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A78	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.130 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88669f',
    500: '#552a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a78;
$custom-light: #88669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38224,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A78

secondary

#7BAA54

accent

#D8508D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A78

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