#552D7E#552D7E

#552D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.133 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D7E
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 35.17, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 52.58, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0735 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.133 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4497, 5.3144, 20.3153)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D7E #567E2D

analogous

#2D2D7E #552D7E #7D2D7E

triadic

#552D7E #7E552D #2D7E55

tetradic

#552D7E #7E2D2D #567E2D #2D7E7D

square

#552D7E #7E2D2D #567E2D #2D7E7D

split-complementary

#552D7E #7E7D2D #2D7E2D

monochromatic

#180D24 #371D51 #552D7E #733DAB #925FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#552D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D7E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D7E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17417C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.133 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a4',
    500: '#552d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d7e;
$custom-light: #8868a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.63,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39112,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D7E

secondary

#84AC5A

accent

#D75195

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D7E

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

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