#552D74#552D74

#552D74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.121 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D74
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 61.2%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 32.57, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 46.98, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0737 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.121 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8364, 5.0691, 17.0852)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D74 #4C742D

analogous

#322D74 #552D74 #742D70

triadic

#552D74 #74552D #2D7455

tetradic

#552D74 #74322D #4C742D #2D7074

square

#552D74 #74322D #4C742D #2D7074

split-complementary

#552D74 #70742D #2D7432

monochromatic

#140B1C #351C48 #552D74 #753EA0 #945CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#552D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D74

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D74	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.121 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87689c',
    500: '#552d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d74;
$custom-light: #87689c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38397,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D74

secondary

#79A557

accent

#D4548C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D74

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →