#552E6D#552E6D

#552E6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.110 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E6D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 57.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 30.22, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 42.40, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.072 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.11 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4831, 4.9896, 15.0339)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E6D #466D2E

analogous

#352E6D #552E6D #6D2E65

triadic

#552E6D #6D552E #2E6D55

tetradic

#552E6D #6D352E #466D2E #2E656D

square

#552E6D #6D352E #466D2E #2E656D

split-complementary

#552E6D #656D2E #2E6D35

monochromatic

#120A17 #331C42 #552E6D #774098 #965BBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#552E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E6D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E6D	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29406B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.110 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876897',
    500: '#552e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e6d;
$custom-light: #876897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 40.645,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38088,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E6D

secondary

#739F58

accent

#D05785

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E6D

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

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