#552C7B#552C7B

#552C7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.131 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C7B
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 34.95, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 51.53, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0749 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.131 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2214, 5.1628, 19.2984)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C7B #527B2C

analogous

#2D2C7B #552C7B #7B2C79

triadic

#552C7B #7B552C #2C7B55

tetradic

#552C7B #7B2D2C #527B2C #2C797B

square

#552C7B #7B2D2C #527B2C #2C797B

split-complementary

#552C7B #797B2C #2C7B2D

monochromatic

#170C21 #361C4E #552C7B #743CA8 #935DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#552C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C7B

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C7B	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.131 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867a2',
    500: '#552c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c7b;
$custom-light: #8867a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 47.305,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38741,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C7B

secondary

#80AB58

accent

#D75191

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C7B

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

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