#552D79#552D79

#552D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.127 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D79
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 33.86, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 49.78, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0736 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.127 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1351, 5.1886, 18.6584)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D79 #51792D

analogous

#2F2D79 #552D79 #792D77

triadic

#552D79 #79552D #2D7955

tetradic

#552D79 #792F2D #51792D #2D7779

square

#552D79 #792F2D #51792D #2D7779

split-complementary

#552D79 #77792D #2D792F

monochromatic

#160C20 #361C4C #552D79 #743EA6 #935DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#552D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D79

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D79	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.127 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a0',
    500: '#552d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d79;
$custom-light: #8868a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 45.783,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38749,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D79

secondary

#7FA958

accent

#D55290

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D79

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

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