#552D71#552D71

#552D71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.117 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D71
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.74, 31.81, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.74, 45.30, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0736 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.117 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6648, 5.0004, 16.1810)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D71 #49712D

analogous

#332D71 #552D71 #712D6B

triadic

#552D71 #71552D #2D7155

tetradic

#552D71 #71332D #49712D #2D6B71

square

#552D71 #71332D #49712D #2D6B71

split-complementary

#552D71 #6B712D #2D7133

monochromatic

#130A19 #341C45 #552D71 #763E9D #955BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#552D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D71

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D71	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25406F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.117 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87689a',
    500: '#552d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d71;
$custom-light: #87689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 43.038,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38192,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D71

secondary

#76A357

accent

#D35589

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D71

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

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