#552E75#552E75

#552E75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.120 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E75
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 32.25, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 46.89, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0723 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.12 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.9335, 5.1697, 17.4061)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E75 #4E752E

analogous

#322E75 #552E75 #752E72

triadic

#552E75 #75552E #2E7555

tetradic

#552E75 #75322E #4E752E #2E7275

square

#552E75 #75322E #4E752E #2E7275

split-complementary

#552E75 #72752E #2E7532

monochromatic

#150B1D #351D49 #552E75 #753FA1 #945EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#552E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E75

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E75	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.120 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699d',
    500: '#552e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e75;
$custom-light: #87699d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 43.558,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38625,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.0517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E75

secondary

#7CA659

accent

#D3548E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E75

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

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