#552E6E#552E6E

#552E6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.111 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E6E
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 30.47, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 42.96, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.072 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.111 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5373, 5.0112, 15.3190)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E6E #476E2E

analogous

#352E6E #552E6E #6E2E67

triadic

#552E6E #6E552E #2E6E55

tetradic

#552E6E #6E352E #476E2E #2E676E

square

#552E6E #6E352E #476E2E #2E676E

split-complementary

#552E6E #676E2E #2E6E35

monochromatic

#120A18 #341C43 #552E6E #764099 #965CBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#552E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E6E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E6E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28406C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.111 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876898',
    500: '#552e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e6e;
$custom-light: #876898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.563,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38153,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E6E

secondary

#749F58

accent

#D15787

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E6E

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

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