#552C73#552C73

#552C73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.121 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C73
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 61.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 32.89, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 47.07, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0751 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.121 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7409, 4.9706, 16.7680)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C73 #4A732C

analogous

#312C73 #552C73 #732C6D

triadic

#552C73 #73552C #2C7355

tetradic

#552C73 #73312C #4A732C #2C6D73

square

#552C73 #73312C #4A732C #2C6D73

split-complementary

#552C73 #6D732C #2C7331

monochromatic

#140A1A #341B47 #552C73 #763D9F #955AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#552C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C73

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C73	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.121 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679c',
    500: '#552c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c73;
$custom-light: #87679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38172,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C73

secondary

#77A556

accent

#D4538A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C73

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

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