#552D7C#552D7C

#552D7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.130 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D7C
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 63.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 34.64, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 51.46, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0735 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.13 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3220, 5.2633, 19.6424)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D7C #547C2D

analogous

#2D2D7C #552D7C #7C2D7B

triadic

#552D7C #7C552D #2D7C55

tetradic

#552D7C #7C2D2D #547C2D #2D7B7C

square

#552D7C #7C2D2D #547C2D #2D7B7C

split-complementary

#552D7C #7B7C2D #2D7C2D

monochromatic

#170C22 #361D4F #552D7C #743DA9 #925FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#552D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D7C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D7C	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01407E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19417A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.130 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a2',
    500: '#552d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d7c;
$custom-light: #8868a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 46.746,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38965,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D7C

secondary

#82AB5A

accent

#D65193

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D7C

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

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