#552B7A#552B7A

#552B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.131 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B7A
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 35.25, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 51.60, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0763 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.131 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1223, 5.0642, 18.9582)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B7A #507A2B

analogous

#2E2B7A #552B7A #7A2B78

triadic

#552B7A #7A552B #2B7A55

tetradic

#552B7A #7A2E2B #507A2B #2B787A

square

#552B7A #7A2E2B #507A2B #2B787A

split-complementary

#552B7A #787A2B #2B7A2E

monochromatic

#160B1F #351B4D #552B7A #753BA7 #935AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#552B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B7A

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B7A	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.131 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a1',
    500: '#552b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b7a;
$custom-light: #8867a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 47.879,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38518,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B7A

secondary

#7EAB56

accent

#D75090

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B7A

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

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