#552C79#552C79

#552C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.128 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C79
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 34.43, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 50.42, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.075 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.128 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0974, 5.1132, 18.6458)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C79 #50792C

analogous

#2E2C79 #552C79 #792C77

triadic

#552C79 #79552C #2C7955

tetradic

#552C79 #792E2C #50792C #2C7779

square

#552C79 #792E2C #50792C #2C7779

split-complementary

#552C79 #77792C #2C792E

monochromatic

#160B1F #351C4C #552C79 #753CA6 #935CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#552C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C79

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C79	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.128 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a0',
    500: '#552c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c79;
$custom-light: #8867a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.948,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38596,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C79

secondary

#7EAA57

accent

#D65190

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C79

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

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