#552E79#552E79

#552E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.125 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E79
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 33.29, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 49.14, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.0723 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.125 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1737, 5.2658, 18.6712)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E79 #52792E

analogous

#302E79 #552E79 #792E77

triadic

#552E79 #79552E #2E7955

tetradic

#552E79 #79302E #52792E #2E7779

square

#552E79 #79302E #52792E #2E7779

split-complementary

#552E79 #77792E #2E7930

monochromatic

#170C20 #361D4D #552E79 #743FA5 #935FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#552E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E79

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E79	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B407B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.125 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a0',
    500: '#552e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e79;
$custom-light: #8869a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38904,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E79

secondary

#80A95A

accent

#D55391

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E79

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

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