#552D70#552D70

#552D70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.116 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D70
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 112)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 59.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 31.56, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 44.74, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0736 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.116 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6088, 4.9781, 15.8861)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D70 #48702D

analogous

#332D70 #552D70 #702D69

triadic

#552D70 #70552D #2D7055

tetradic

#552D70 #70332D #48702D #2D6970

square

#552D70 #70332D #48702D #2D6970

split-complementary

#552D70 #69702D #2D7033

monochromatic

#130A19 #341B44 #552D70 #763F9C #955ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#552D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552D70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D70

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D70	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26406E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.116 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876899',
    500: '#552d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d70;
$custom-light: #876899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.821,
    "s": 42.675,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38125,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D70

secondary

#75A257

accent

#D25588

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D70

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

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