#552D75#552D75

#552D75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.122 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D75
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 32.83, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 47.54, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.0737 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.122 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8949, 5.0925, 17.3932)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D75 #4D752D

analogous

#312D75 #552D75 #752D71

triadic

#552D75 #75552D #2D7555

tetradic

#552D75 #75312D #4D752D #2D7175

square

#552D75 #75312D #4D752D #2D7175

split-complementary

#552D75 #71752D #2D7531

monochromatic

#150B1D #351C49 #552D75 #753EA1 #945CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#552D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552D75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D75

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D75	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.122 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87689d',
    500: '#552d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d75;
$custom-light: #87689d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38467,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D75

secondary

#7BA657

accent

#D4548D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D75

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

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