#552A7E#552A7E

#552A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.137 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A7E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 36.83, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 54.43, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0773 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.137 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3393, 5.0936, 20.2784)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A7E #537E2A

analogous

#2B2A7E #552A7E #7E2A7D

triadic

#552A7E #7E552A #2A7E55

tetradic

#552A7E #7E2B2A #537E2A #2A7D7E

square

#552A7E #7E2B2A #537E2A #2A7D7E

split-complementary

#552A7E #7D7E2A #2A7E2B

monochromatic

#170B22 #361B50 #552A7E #7439AC #935AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#552A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A7E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A7E	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.137 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a4',
    500: '#552a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a7e;
$custom-light: #8866a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38669,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A7E

secondary

#81AE56

accent

#DA4E92

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A7E

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

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