#552A7D#552A7D

#552A7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.136 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A7D
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 66.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 36.57, -39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 53.88, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0773 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.136 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2751, 5.0679, 19.9403)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A7D #527D2A

analogous

#2B2A7D #552A7D #7D2A7C

triadic

#552A7D #7D552A #2A7D55

tetradic

#552A7D #7D2B2A #527D2A #2A7C7D

square

#552A7D #7D2B2A #527D2A #2A7C7D

split-complementary

#552A7D #7C7D2A #2A7D2B

monochromatic

#170B21 #361B4F #552A7D #7439AB #935AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#552A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A7D

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A7D	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.136 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a3',
    500: '#552a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a7d;
$custom-light: #8866a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.084,
    "s": 49.701,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38593,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A7D

secondary

#80AD56

accent

#D94F91

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A7D

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

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