#552B80#552B80

#552B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.138 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B80
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 36.81, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 54.93, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0759 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.138 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5056, 5.2176, 20.9769)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B80 #56802B

analogous

#2B2B80 #552B80 #7F2B80

triadic

#552B80 #80552B #2B8055

tetradic

#552B80 #802B2B #56802B #2B807F

square

#552B80 #802B2B #56802B #2B807F

split-complementary

#552B80 #807F2B #2B802B

monochromatic

#180C24 #371C52 #552B80 #733AAE #925DC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#552B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B80

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B80	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F407E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.138 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a5',
    500: '#552b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b80;
$custom-light: #8867a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.647,
    "s": 49.708,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38965,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B80

secondary

#84AE58

accent

#D94F95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B80

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

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