#552B71#552B71

#552B71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.120 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B71
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 32.96, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 46.60, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0764 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.12 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5902, 4.8514, 16.1562)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 7.34

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B71 #47712B

analogous

#322B71 #552B71 #712B6A

triadic

#552B71 #71552B #2B7155

tetradic

#552B71 #71322B #47712B #2B6A71

square

#552B71 #71322B #47712B #2B6A71

split-complementary

#552B71 #6A712B #2B7132

monochromatic

#120918 #341A45 #552B71 #763C9D #9657BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#552B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B71

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B71	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.120 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679a',
    500: '#552b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b71;
$custom-light: #87679a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37879,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B71

secondary

#74A355

accent

#D55387

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B71

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

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