#552E72#552E72

#552E72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.116 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E72
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 59.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.02, 31.48, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.02, 45.21, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0722 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.116 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7600, 5.1003, 16.4920)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E72 #4B722E

analogous

#332E72 #552E72 #722E6D

triadic

#552E72 #72552E #2E7255

tetradic

#552E72 #72332E #4B722E #2E6D72

square

#552E72 #72332E #4B722E #2E6D72

split-complementary

#552E72 #6D722E #2E7233

monochromatic

#140B1B #341C46 #552E72 #76409E #945DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#552E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E72

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E72	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.116 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699b',
    500: '#552e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e72;
$custom-light: #87699b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3842,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E72

secondary

#78A358

accent

#D2568B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E72

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

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