#552E6C#552E6C

#552E6C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.109 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E6C
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 29.98, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 41.84, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.0719 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.109 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4296, 4.9682, 14.7520)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E6C #456C2E

analogous

#362E6C #552E6C #6C2E64

triadic

#552E6C #6C552E #2E6C55

tetradic

#552E6C #6C362E #456C2E #2E646C

square

#552E6C #6C362E #456C2E #2E646C

split-complementary

#552E6C #646C2E #2E6C36

monochromatic

#110916 #331C41 #552E6C #774097 #965BB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#552E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#552E6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E6C

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E6C	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A406A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.109 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876896',
    500: '#552e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e6c;
$custom-light: #876896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.742,
    "s": 40.26,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38023,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E6C

secondary

#729E58

accent

#D05884

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E6C

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

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