#552E71#552E71

#552E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.115 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E71
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 31.23, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 44.64, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0722 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.115 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7034, 5.0777, 16.1939)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E71 #4A712E

analogous

#332E71 #552E71 #712E6B

triadic

#552E71 #71552E #2E7155

tetradic

#552E71 #71332E #4A712E #2E6B71

square

#552E71 #71332E #4A712E #2E6B71

split-complementary

#552E71 #6B712E #2E7133

monochromatic

#140B1A #341C46 #552E71 #76409C #955DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#552E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E71

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E71	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26406F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.115 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87689a',
    500: '#552e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e71;
$custom-light: #87689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.925,
    "s": 42.138,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38352,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E71

secondary

#77A258

accent

#D2568A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E71

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

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