#552A80#552A80

#552A80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.140 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A80
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 67.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 37.36, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 55.54, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0771 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.14 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4697, 5.1457, 20.9649)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A80 #55802A

analogous

#2A2A80 #552A80 #802A80

triadic

#552A80 #80552A #2A8055

tetradic

#552A80 #802A2A #55802A #2A8080

square

#552A80 #802A2A #55802A #2A8080

split-complementary

#552A80 #80802A #2A802A

monochromatic

#180C24 #361B52 #552A80 #7439AE #925BC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#552A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A80

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A80	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D407E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.140 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966a5',
    500: '#552a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a80;
$custom-light: #8966a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50.588,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38821,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A80

secondary

#83AF57

accent

#DA4E94

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A80

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

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