#552E7E#552E7E

#552E7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.131 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E7E
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 34.60, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 51.95, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0722 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.131 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4883, 5.3917, 20.3281)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E7E #577E2E

analogous

#2E2F7E #552E7E #7D2E7E

triadic

#552E7E #7E552E #2E7E55

tetradic

#552E7E #7E2E2F #577E2E #2E7E7D

square

#552E7E #7E2E2F #577E2E #2E7E7D

split-complementary

#552E7E #7E7D2E #2F7E2E

monochromatic

#190D24 #371E51 #552E7E #733EAB #9261C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#552E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E7E

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E7E	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18427C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.131 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a4',
    500: '#552e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e7e;
$custom-light: #8869a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.25,
    "s": 46.512,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39265,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E7E

secondary

#85AC5C

accent

#D65296

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E7E

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

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