#552F69#552F69

#552F69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.103 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F69
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 38%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 55%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 55.2%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 28.64, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 39.50, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.0701 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.103 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3122, 4.9844, 13.9388)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F69 #43692F

analogous

#382F69 #552F69 #692F60

triadic

#552F69 #69552F #2F6955

tetradic

#552F69 #69382F #43692F #2F6069

square

#552F69 #69382F #43692F #2F6069

split-complementary

#552F69 #60692F #2F6938

monochromatic

#110915 #331C3F #552F69 #774293 #975CB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#552F69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#552F69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F69

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F69	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.103 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866994',
    500: '#552f69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f69;
$custom-light: #866994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 38.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37999,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F69

secondary

#709A59

accent

#CE5A82

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F69

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

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