#552B6E#552B6E

#552B6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.117 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B6E
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 60.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 32.21, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 44.93, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0764 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.117 311)
XYZ	xyz(7.4241, 4.7850, 15.2813)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 7.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B6E #446E2B

analogous

#332B6E #552B6E #6E2B66

triadic

#552B6E #6E552B #2B6E55

tetradic

#552B6E #6E332B #446E2B #2B666E

square

#552B6E #6E332B #446E2B #2B666E

split-complementary

#552B6E #666E2B #2B6E33

monochromatic

#110916 #331A42 #552B6E #773C9A #9756BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#552B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#552B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B6E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B6E	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.117 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876698',
    500: '#552b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b6e;
$custom-light: #876698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 43.791,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37675,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B6E

secondary

#71A055

accent

#D45484

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B6E

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

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