#552B76#552B76

#552B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.126 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B76
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 63.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 34.22, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 49.37, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0764 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.126 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8795, 4.9671, 17.6797)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B76 #4C762B

analogous

#302B76 #552B76 #762B72

triadic

#552B76 #76552B #2B7655

tetradic

#552B76 #76302B #4C762B #2B7276

square

#552B76 #76302B #4C762B #2B7276

split-complementary

#552B76 #72762B #2B7630

monochromatic

#140A1C #351B49 #552B76 #753BA3 #9459C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#552B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B76

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B76	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.126 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88679e',
    500: '#552b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b76;
$custom-light: #88679e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 46.584,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38229,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B76

secondary

#79A855

accent

#D6528C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B76

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

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