#552B7E#552B7E

#552B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.136 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B7E
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 36.29, -39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 53.82, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.076 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.136 304)
XYZ	xyz(8.3752, 5.1654, 20.2904)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B7E #547E2B

analogous

#2B2B7E #552B7E #7E2B7D

triadic

#552B7E #7E552B #2B7E55

tetradic

#552B7E #7E2B2B #547E2B #2B7D7E

square

#552B7E #7E2B2B #547E2B #2B7D7E

split-complementary

#552B7E #7D7E2B #2B7E2B

monochromatic

#170C23 #361B50 #552B7E #743BAC #925CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#552B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B7E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B7E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.136 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a4',
    500: '#552b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b7e;
$custom-light: #8867a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 49.112,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38814,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B7E

secondary

#82AD58

accent

#D94F93

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B7E

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

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