#552D7D#552D7D

#552D7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.132 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D7D
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 64%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 34.91, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 52.02, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0735 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.132 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3855, 5.2888, 19.9771)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D7D #557D2D

analogous

#2D2D7D #552D7D #7D2D7D

triadic

#552D7D #7D552D #2D7D55

tetradic

#552D7D #7D2D2D #557D2D #2D7D7D

square

#552D7D #7D2D2D #557D2D #2D7D7D

split-complementary

#552D7D #7D7D2D #2D7D2D

monochromatic

#180D23 #361D50 #552D7D #743DAA #925FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#552D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D7D

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D7D	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.132 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a3',
    500: '#552d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d7d;
$custom-light: #8868a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39038,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D7D

secondary

#83AC5A

accent

#D75194

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D7D

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

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