#552E73#552E73

#552E73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.118 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E73
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 31.74, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 45.77, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0723 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.118 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8172, 5.1232, 16.7934)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E73 #4C732E

analogous

#332E73 #552E73 #732E6F

triadic

#552E73 #73552E #2E7355

tetradic

#552E73 #73332E #4C732E #2E6F73

square

#552E73 #73332E #4C732E #2E6F73

split-complementary

#552E73 #6F732E #2E7333

monochromatic

#140B1C #351D47 #552E73 #753F9F #945DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#552E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E73

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E73	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.118 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699c',
    500: '#552e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e73;
$custom-light: #87699c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38487,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E73

secondary

#79A458

accent

#D3558C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E73

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

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