#552C74#552C74

#552C74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.122 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C74
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 33.14, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 47.62, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0751 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.122 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7987, 4.9937, 17.0727)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C74 #4B742C

analogous

#312C74 #552C74 #742C6F

triadic

#552C74 #74552C #2C7455

tetradic

#552C74 #74312C #4B742C #2C6F74

square

#552C74 #74312C #4B742C #2C6F74

split-complementary

#552C74 #6F742C #2C7431

monochromatic

#140A1B #341B48 #552C74 #763DA0 #945AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#552C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C74

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C74	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.122 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679c',
    500: '#552c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c74;
$custom-light: #87679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.167,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38241,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C74

secondary

#78A656

accent

#D5538B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C74

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

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