#552A79#552A79

#552A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.131 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A79
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 35.54, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 51.66, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0776 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.131 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0247, 4.9678, 18.6216)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A79 #4E792A

analogous

#2E2A79 #552A79 #792A76

triadic

#552A79 #79552A #2A7955

tetradic

#552A79 #792E2A #4E792A #2A7679

square

#552A79 #792E2A #4E792A #2A7679

split-complementary

#552A79 #76792A #2A792E

monochromatic

#150A1E #351A4C #552A79 #753AA6 #9458C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#552A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A79

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A79	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.131 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a0',
    500: '#552a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a79;
$custom-light: #8866a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38297,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A79

secondary

#7CAB54

accent

#D8508E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A79

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

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