#552E70#552E70

#552E70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.114 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E70
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 112)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 30.98, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 44.08, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0721 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.114 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6474, 5.0553, 15.8990)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E70 #49702E

analogous

#342E70 #552E70 #702E6A

triadic

#552E70 #70552E #2E7055

tetradic

#552E70 #70342E #49702E #2E6A70

square

#552E70 #70342E #49702E #2E6A70

split-complementary

#552E70 #6A702E #2E7034

monochromatic

#130A19 #341C45 #552E70 #76409B #955CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#552E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E70

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E70	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27406E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.114 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876899',
    500: '#552e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e70;
$custom-light: #876899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38286,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E70

secondary

#76A158

accent

#D25689

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E70

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

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