#552C72#552C72

#552C72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.120 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C72
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 61.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 32.64, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 46.51, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0751 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.12 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6837, 4.9477, 16.4665)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 7.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C72 #49722C

analogous

#322C72 #552C72 #722C6C

triadic

#552C72 #72552C #2C7255

tetradic

#552C72 #72322C #49722C #2C6C72

square

#552C72 #72322C #49722C #2C6C72

split-complementary

#552C72 #6C722C #2C7232

monochromatic

#130A1A #341B46 #552C72 #763D9E #9559BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#552C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C72

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C72	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.120 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679b',
    500: '#552c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c72;
$custom-light: #87679b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38103,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C72

secondary

#76A456

accent

#D45489

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C72

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

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