#552E7D#552E7D

#552E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.130 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E7D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 63.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 34.34, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 51.39, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% 0.0722 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.13 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4241, 5.3660, 19.9900)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E7D #567D2E

analogous

#2E2E7D #552E7D #7C2E7D

triadic

#552E7D #7D552E #2E7D55

tetradic

#552E7D #7D2E2E #567D2E #2E7D7C

square

#552E7D #7D2E2E #567D2E #2E7D7C

split-complementary

#552E7D #7D7C2E #2E7D2E

monochromatic

#180D24 #371E50 #552E7D #733EAA #9261C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#552E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E7D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E7D	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#024180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.130 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a3',
    500: '#552e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e7d;
$custom-light: #8869a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.62,
    "s": 46.199,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39192,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E7D

secondary

#84AB5B

accent

#D65295

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E7D

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

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