#552D6A#552D6A

#552D6A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.108 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D6A
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 57.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 30.07, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 41.40, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0733 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.108 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2858, 4.8489, 14.1850)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D6A #426A2D

analogous

#372D6A #552D6A #6A2D61

triadic

#552D6A #6A552D #2D6A55

tetradic

#552D6A #6A372D #426A2D #2D616A

square

#552D6A #6A372D #426A2D #2D616A

split-complementary

#552D6A #616A2D #2D6A37

monochromatic

#110915 #331B3F #552D6A #773F95 #9859B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#552D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D6A

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D6A	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.108 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876895',
    500: '#552d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d6a;
$custom-light: #876895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.344,
    "s": 40.397,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37731,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D6A

secondary

#6F9C57

accent

#D05881

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D6A

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

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