#552C7C#552C7C

#552C7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.132 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C7C
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 35.21, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 52.09, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0749 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.132 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2843, 5.1879, 19.6298)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C7C #537C2C

analogous

#2D2C7C #552C7C #7C2C7B

triadic

#552C7C #7C552C #2C7C55

tetradic

#552C7C #7C2D2C #537C2C #2C7B7C

square

#552C7C #7C2D2C #537C2C #2C7B7C

split-complementary

#552C7C #7B7C2C #2C7C2D

monochromatic

#170C22 #361C4F #552C7C #743CA9 #935DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#552C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C7C

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C7C	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18407A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.132 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a2',
    500: '#552c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c7c;
$custom-light: #8868a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.75,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38814,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C7C

secondary

#81AC58

accent

#D75192

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C7C

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

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