#552C7E#552C7E

#552C7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.134 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C7E
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 35.73, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 53.21, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0747 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.134 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4120, 5.2390, 20.3027)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C7E #557E2C

analogous

#2C2C7E #552C7E #7E2C7E

triadic

#552C7E #7E552C #2C7E55

tetradic

#552C7E #7E2C2C #557E2C #2C7E7E

square

#552C7E #7E2C2C #557E2C #2C7E7E

split-complementary

#552C7E #7E7E2C #2C7E2C

monochromatic

#180C23 #361C51 #552C7E #743CAB #925EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#552C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C7E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C7E	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15417C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.134 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a4',
    500: '#552c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c7e;
$custom-light: #8868a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38962,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C7E

secondary

#83AD59

accent

#D85094

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C7E

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

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