#552A7C#552A7C

#552A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.135 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A7C
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 36.32, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 53.33, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0774 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.135 305)
XYZ	xyz(8.2116, 5.0425, 19.6056)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A7C #517C2A

analogous

#2C2A7C #552A7C #7C2A7A

triadic

#552A7C #7C552A #2A7C55

tetradic

#552A7C #7C2C2A #517C2A #2A7A7C

square

#552A7C #7C2C2A #517C2A #2A7A7C

split-complementary

#552A7C #7A7C2A #2A7C2C

monochromatic

#160B21 #361B4E #552A7C #7439AA #9359C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#552A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A7C

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A7C	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15407A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.135 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a2',
    500: '#552a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a7c;
$custom-light: #8866a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.463,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38518,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.05042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A7C

secondary

#7FAD55

accent

#D94F91

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A7C

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

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