#552C71#552C71

#552C71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.118 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C71
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 32.39, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 45.95, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.075 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.118 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6271, 4.9250, 16.1684)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C71 #48712C

analogous

#322C71 #552C71 #712C6A

triadic

#552C71 #71552C #2C7155

tetradic

#552C71 #71322C #48712C #2C6A71

square

#552C71 #71322C #48712C #2C6A71

split-complementary

#552C71 #6A712C #2C7132

monochromatic

#130A19 #341B45 #552C71 #763D9D #9559BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#552C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C71

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C71	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.118 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679a',
    500: '#552c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c71;
$custom-light: #87679a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 43.949,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38034,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C71

secondary

#75A356

accent

#D45488

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C71

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

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