#552C7D#552C7D

#552C7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.133 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C7D
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 64.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 35.47, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 52.65, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0748 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.133 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3478, 5.2134, 19.9646)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C7D #547D2C

analogous

#2C2C7D #552C7D #7D2C7C

triadic

#552C7D #7D552C #2C7D55

tetradic

#552C7D #7D2C2C #547D2C #2C7C7D

square

#552C7D #7D2C2C #547D2C #2C7C7D

split-complementary

#552C7D #7C7D2C #2C7D2C

monochromatic

#170C22 #361C50 #552C7D #743CAA #925DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#552C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C7D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C7D	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.133 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a3',
    500: '#552c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c7d;
$custom-light: #8868a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.37,
    "s": 47.929,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38888,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C7D

secondary

#82AC59

accent

#D85093

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C7D

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

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