#552E7A#552E7A

#552E7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.126 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E7A
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 33.55, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 49.70, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.98% 0.0723 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(38.98% 0.126 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2354, 5.2905, 18.9959)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E7A #537A2E

analogous

#2F2E7A #552E7A #7A2E79

triadic

#552E7A #7A552E #2E7A55

tetradic

#552E7A #7A2F2E #537A2E #2E797A

square

#552E7A #7A2F2E #537A2E #2E797A

split-complementary

#552E7A #797A2E #2E7A2F

monochromatic

#170C21 #361D4E #552E7A #743FA6 #9360C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#552E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E7A

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E7A	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09407C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.126 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a1',
    500: '#552e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e7a;
$custom-light: #8869a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.789,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38976,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E7A

secondary

#81AA5A

accent

#D55392

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E7A

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

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