#552D80#552D80

#552D80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.135 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D80
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 35.70, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 53.70, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0733 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.135 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5801, 5.3666, 21.0017)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D80 #58802D

analogous

#2D2F80 #552D80 #7F2D80

triadic

#552D80 #80552D #2D8055

tetradic

#552D80 #802D2F #58802D #2D807F

square

#552D80 #802D2F #58802D #2D807F

split-complementary

#552D80 #807F2D #2F802D

monochromatic

#190D25 #371D53 #552D80 #733DAD #9260C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#552D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D80

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D80	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13417E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.135 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868a5',
    500: '#552d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d80;
$custom-light: #8868a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.916,
    "s": 47.977,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3926,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D80

secondary

#86AE5B

accent

#D85096

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D80

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

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