#552D73#552D73

#552D73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.119 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D73
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 32.32, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 46.42, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0737 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.119 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7786, 5.0460, 16.7805)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D73 #4B732D

analogous

#322D73 #552D73 #732D6E

triadic

#552D73 #73552D #2D7355

tetradic

#552D73 #73322D #4B732D #2D6E73

square

#552D73 #73322D #4B732D #2D6E73

split-complementary

#552D73 #6E732D #2D7332

monochromatic

#140B1B #341C47 #552D73 #763E9F #945BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#552D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D73

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D73	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.119 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87689c',
    500: '#552d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d73;
$custom-light: #87689c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38328,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D73

secondary

#78A457

accent

#D3548B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D73

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

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