#552D7B#552D7B

#552D7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.129 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D7B
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 34.38, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 50.90, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0736 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.129 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2591, 5.2382, 19.3110)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D7B #537B2D

analogous

#2E2D7B #552D7B #7B2D7A

triadic

#552D7B #7B552D #2D7B55

tetradic

#552D7B #7B2E2D #537B2D #2D7A7B

square

#552D7B #7B2E2D #537B2D #2D7A7B

split-complementary

#552D7B #7A7B2D #2D7B2E

monochromatic

#170C21 #361D4E #552D7B #743DA8 #935EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#552D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D7B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D7B	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03407D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.129 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a2',
    500: '#552d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d7b;
$custom-light: #8868a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38893,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D7B

secondary

#81AB59

accent

#D65292

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D7B

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

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