#552E76#552E76

#552E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.121 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E76
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 118)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 61%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 32.51, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 47.45, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0723 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.121 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9926, 5.1934, 17.7174)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E76 #4F762E

analogous

#312E76 #552E76 #762E73

triadic

#552E76 #76552E #2E7655

tetradic

#552E76 #76312E #4F762E #2E7376

square

#552E76 #76312E #4F762E #2E7376

split-complementary

#552E76 #73762E #2E7631

monochromatic

#160C1E #351D4A #552E76 #753FA2 #935EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#552E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E76

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E76	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.121 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699e',
    500: '#552e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e76;
$custom-light: #87699e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38694,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E76

secondary

#7DA759

accent

#D4548F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E76

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

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