#552A7A#552A7A

#552A7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.133 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A7A
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 35.80, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 52.22, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0775 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.133 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0864, 4.9924, 18.9462)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A7A #4F7A2A

analogous

#2D2A7A #552A7A #7A2A77

triadic

#552A7A #7A552A #2A7A55

tetradic

#552A7A #7A2D2A #4F7A2A #2A777A

square

#552A7A #7A2D2A #4F7A2A #2A777A

split-complementary

#552A7A #777A2A #2A7A2D

monochromatic

#160B1F #351A4C #552A7A #753AA8 #9359C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#552A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552A7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A7A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A7A	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.133 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a1',
    500: '#552a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a7a;
$custom-light: #8866a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3837,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A7A

secondary

#7DAB55

accent

#D84F8F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A7A

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

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