#552B7D#552B7D

#552B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.135 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B7D
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 65.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 36.02, -39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 53.27, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0761 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.135 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3110, 5.1398, 19.9523)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B7D #537D2B

analogous

#2C2B7D #552B7D #7D2B7C

triadic

#552B7D #7D552B #2B7D55

tetradic

#552B7D #7D2C2B #537D2B #2B7C7D

square

#552B7D #7D2C2B #537D2B #2B7C7D

split-complementary

#552B7D #7C7D2B #2B7D2C

monochromatic

#170C22 #361B4F #552B7D #743BAB #935CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#552B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B7D

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B7D	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.135 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a3',
    500: '#552b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b7d;
$custom-light: #8867a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 48.81,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38739,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B7D

secondary

#81AD57

accent

#D84F92

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B7D

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

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