#552C80#552C80

#552C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.137 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C80
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 128)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 36.26, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 54.32, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0746 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.137 303)
XYZ	xyz(8.5424, 5.2912, 20.9892)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C80 #57802C

analogous

#2C2D80 #552C80 #7F2C80

triadic

#552C80 #80552C #2C8055

tetradic

#552C80 #802C2D #57802C #2C807F

square

#552C80 #802C2D #57802C #2C807F

split-complementary

#552C80 #807F2C #2D802C

monochromatic

#190D25 #371C52 #552C80 #733CAE #925FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#552C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C80

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C80	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12417E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.137 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a5',
    500: '#552c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c80;
$custom-light: #8868a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.286,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39111,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C80

secondary

#85AE5A

accent

#D84F96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C80

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

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