#552E77#552E77

#552E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.123 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E77
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 32.77, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 48.02, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0723 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.123 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0524, 5.2173, 18.0320)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E77 #50772E

analogous

#312E77 #552E77 #772E74

triadic

#552E77 #77552E #2E7755

tetradic

#552E77 #77312E #50772E #2E7477

square

#552E77 #77312E #50772E #2E7477

split-complementary

#552E77 #74772E #2E7731

monochromatic

#160C1F #351D4B #552E77 #753FA3 #935EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#552E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E77

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E77	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.123 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699f',
    500: '#552e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e77;
$custom-light: #87699f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.055,
    "s": 44.242,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38764,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E77

secondary

#7EA859

accent

#D45490

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E77

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

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