#552B72#552B72

#552B72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.121 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B72
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 33.21, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 47.15, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0764 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.121 309)
XYZ	xyz(7.6469, 4.8741, 16.4543)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 7.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B72 #48722B

analogous

#312B72 #552B72 #722B6B

triadic

#552B72 #72552B #2B7255

tetradic

#552B72 #72312B #48722B #2B6B72

square

#552B72 #72312B #48722B #2B6B72

split-complementary

#552B72 #6B722B #2B7231

monochromatic

#130919 #341A46 #552B72 #763C9E #9558C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#552B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B72

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B72	1.00	10.63	1.97	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.121 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679b',
    500: '#552b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b72;
$custom-light: #87679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.493,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37948,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.04874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B72

secondary

#75A455

accent

#D55388

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B72

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

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