#552A7B#552A7B

#552A7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.134 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A7B
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 36.06, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 52.77, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0775 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.134 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1486, 5.0173, 19.2742)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A7B #507B2A

analogous

#2D2A7B #552A7B #7B2A79

triadic

#552A7B #7B552A #2A7B55

tetradic

#552A7B #7B2D2A #507B2A #2A797B

square

#552A7B #7B2D2A #507B2A #2A797B

split-complementary

#552A7B #797B2A #2A7B2D

monochromatic

#160B20 #351A4D #552A7B #753AA9 #9359C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#552A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A7B

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A7B	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.134 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a2',
    500: '#552a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a7b;
$custom-light: #8866a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38444,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A7B

secondary

#7EAC55

accent

#D94F90

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A7B

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

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