#552E7C#552E7C

#552E7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.129 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E7C
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 34.08, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 50.83, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0722 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.129 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3606, 5.3405, 19.6552)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E7C #557C2E

analogous

#2E2E7C #552E7C #7C2E7C

triadic

#552E7C #7C552E #2E7C55

tetradic

#552E7C #7C2E2E #557C2E #2E7C7C

square

#552E7C #7C2E2E #557C2E #2E7C7C

split-complementary

#552E7C #7C7C2E #2E7C2E

monochromatic

#180D23 #361D4F #552E7C #743FA9 #9260C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#552E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E7C

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E7C	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04407E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B417A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.129 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a2',
    500: '#552e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e7c;
$custom-light: #8869a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39119,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E7C

secondary

#83AB5B

accent

#D65294

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E7C

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

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