#552B73#552B73

#552B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.123 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B73
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 33.46, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 47.71, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.0764 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.123 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7041, 4.8970, 16.7557)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B73 #49732B

analogous

#312B73 #552B73 #732B6D

triadic

#552B73 #73552B #2B7355

tetradic

#552B73 #73312B #49732B #2B6D73

square

#552B73 #73312B #49732B #2B6D73

split-complementary

#552B73 #6D732B #2B7331

monochromatic

#130A1A #341A46 #552B73 #763CA0 #9558C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#552B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#552B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B73

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B73	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.123 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679c',
    500: '#552b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b73;
$custom-light: #87679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38017,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B73

secondary

#76A555

accent

#D55389

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B73

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

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