#552B7C#552B7C

#552B7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.134 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B7C
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 35.76, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 52.71, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0761 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.134 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2475, 5.1143, 19.6175)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B7C #527C2B

analogous

#2C2B7C #552B7C #7C2B7A

triadic

#552B7C #7C552B #2B7C55

tetradic

#552B7C #7C2C2B #527C2B #2B7A7C

square

#552B7C #7C2C2B #527C2B #2B7A7C

split-complementary

#552B7C #7A7C2B #2B7C2C

monochromatic

#170B21 #361B4F #552B7C #743BA9 #935BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#552B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B7C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B7C	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16407A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.134 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a2',
    500: '#552b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b7c;
$custom-light: #8867a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 48.503,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38665,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B7C

secondary

#80AC57

accent

#D85091

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B7C

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

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