#552E78#552E78

#552E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.124 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E78
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 61.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 33.03, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 48.58, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0723 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.124 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1127, 5.2414, 18.3500)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E78 #51782E

analogous

#302E78 #552E78 #782E76

triadic

#552E78 #78552E #2E7855

tetradic

#552E78 #78302E #51782E #2E7678

square

#552E78 #78302E #51782E #2E7678

split-complementary

#552E78 #76782E #2E7830

monochromatic

#160C20 #361D4C #552E78 #743FA4 #935FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#552E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E78

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E78	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D407A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.124 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88699f',
    500: '#552e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e78;
$custom-light: #88699f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38834,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E78

secondary

#7FA85A

accent

#D45490

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E78

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

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