#552C75#552C75

#552C75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.123 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C75
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 117)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 33.40, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 48.18, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0751 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.123 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8572, 5.0171, 17.3806)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C75 #4C752C

analogous

#312C75 #552C75 #752C71

triadic

#552C75 #75552C #2C7555

tetradic

#552C75 #75312C #4C752C #2C7175

square

#552C75 #75312C #4C752C #2C7175

split-complementary

#552C75 #71752C #2C7531

monochromatic

#140B1C #351B49 #552C75 #753DA1 #945AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#552C75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552C75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C75

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C75	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.123 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87679d',
    500: '#552c75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c75;
$custom-light: #87679d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 45.342,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38311,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C75

secondary

#79A756

accent

#D5538C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C75

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

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