#552B6D#552B6D

#552B6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.115 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B6D
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 60.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 31.96, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 44.38, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0764 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.115 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3700, 4.7633, 14.9962)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 7.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B6D #436D2B

analogous

#342B6D #552B6D #6D2B64

triadic

#552B6D #6D552B #2B6D55

tetradic

#552B6D #6D342B #436D2B #2B646D

square

#552B6D #6D342B #436D2B #2B646D

split-complementary

#552B6D #646D2B #2B6D34

monochromatic

#110916 #331A41 #552B6D #773C99 #9756BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#552B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#552B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B6D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B6D	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.115 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876697',
    500: '#552b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b6d;
$custom-light: #876697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 43.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37607,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B6D

secondary

#709F55

accent

#D35583

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B6D

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

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