#552E7F#552E7F

#552E7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.133 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E7F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 34.87, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 52.51, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0721 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.133 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5532, 5.4176, 20.6697)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E7F #587F2E

analogous

#2E307F #552E7F #7E2E7F

triadic

#552E7F #7F552E #2E7F55

tetradic

#552E7F #7F2E30 #587F2E #2E7F7E

square

#552E7F #7F2E30 #587F2E #2E7F7E

split-complementary

#552E7F #7F7E2E #307F2E

monochromatic

#190D25 #371E52 #552E7F #733EAC #9261C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#552E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#552E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E7F

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E7F	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17427D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.133 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a5',
    500: '#552e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e7f;
$custom-light: #8869a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 46.821,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39338,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E7F

secondary

#86AD5C

accent

#D65196

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E7F

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

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