#552D7F#552D7F

#552D7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.134 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D7F
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 35.43, -39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 53.14, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% 0.0734 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.134 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5146, 5.3404, 20.6568)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D7F #577F2D

analogous

#2D2E7F #552D7F #7E2D7F

triadic

#552D7F #7F552D #2D7F55

tetradic

#552D7F #7F2D2E #577F2D #2D7F7E

square

#552D7F #7F2D2E #577F2D #2D7F7E

split-complementary

#552D7F #7F7E2D #2E7F2D

monochromatic

#190D25 #371D52 #552D7F #733DAC #9260C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#552D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D7F

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D7F	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.134 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a5',
    500: '#552d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d7f;
$custom-light: #8868a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.268,
    "s": 47.674,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39186,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D7F

secondary

#85AD5B

accent

#D75196

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D7F

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

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