#552D72#552D72

#552D72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.118 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D72
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 32.06, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 45.86, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0736 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.118 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7214, 5.0231, 16.4791)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D72 #4A722D

analogous

#322D72 #552D72 #722D6C

triadic

#552D72 #72552D #2D7255

tetradic

#552D72 #72322D #4A722D #2D6C72

square

#552D72 #72322D #4A722D #2D6C72

split-complementary

#552D72 #6C722D #2D7232

monochromatic

#140A1A #341C46 #552D72 #763E9E #955BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#552D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D72

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D72	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.118 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87689b',
    500: '#552d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d72;
$custom-light: #87689b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.783,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3826,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D72

secondary

#77A357

accent

#D3558A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D72

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

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