#552C7A#552C7A

#552C7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.130 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C7A
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 34.69, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 50.97, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0749 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.13 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1591, 5.1379, 18.9705)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C7A #517A2C

analogous

#2E2C7A #552C7A #7A2C78

triadic

#552C7A #7A552C #2C7A55

tetradic

#552C7A #7A2E2C #517A2C #2C787A

square

#552C7A #7A2E2C #517A2C #2C787A

split-complementary

#552C7A #787A2C #2C7A2E

monochromatic

#160C20 #361C4D #552C7A #743CA7 #935CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#552C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C7A

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C7A	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.130 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a1',
    500: '#552c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c7a;
$custom-light: #8867a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.538,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38668,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C7A

secondary

#7FAA57

accent

#D75190

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C7A

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

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