#552C70#552C70

#552C70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.117 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C70
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 112)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 32.14, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 45.40, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.075 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.117 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5711, 4.9026, 15.8736)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C70 #47702C

analogous

#332C70 #552C70 #702C69

triadic

#552C70 #70552C #2C7055

tetradic

#552C70 #70332C #47702C #2C6970

square

#552C70 #70332C #47702C #2C6970

split-complementary

#552C70 #69702C #2C7033

monochromatic

#120918 #341B44 #552C70 #763D9C #9659BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#552C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#552C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C70

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C70	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.117 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876799',
    500: '#552c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c70;
$custom-light: #876799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37966,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C70

secondary

#74A256

accent

#D35487

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C70

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

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