#552E7B#552E7B

#552E7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.128 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E7B
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 33.81, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 50.27, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0723 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.128 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2977, 5.3154, 19.3239)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E7B #547B2E

analogous

#2F2E7B #552E7B #7B2E7A

triadic

#552E7B #7B552E #2E7B55

tetradic

#552E7B #7B2F2E #547B2E #2E7A7B

square

#552E7B #7B2F2E #547B2E #2E7A7B

split-complementary

#552E7B #7A7B2E #2E7B2F

monochromatic

#170D22 #361D4E #552E7B #743FA8 #9260C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#552E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#552E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E7B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E7B	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07407D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.128 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a2',
    500: '#552e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e7b;
$custom-light: #8869a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 45.562,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39047,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E7B

secondary

#82AA5B

accent

#D55393

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E7B

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

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