#552F6D#552F6D

#552F6D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.108 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F6D
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 56.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 29.63, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 41.73, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0705 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.108 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5226, 5.0686, 15.0471)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F6D #476D2F

analogous

#362F6D #552F6D #6D2F66

triadic

#552F6D #6D552F #2F6D55

tetradic

#552F6D #6D362F #476D2F #2F666D

square

#552F6D #6D362F #476D2F #2F666D

split-complementary

#552F6D #666D2F #2F6D36

monochromatic

#120A17 #341D42 #552F6D #764198 #965DB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#552F6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#552F6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F6D

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F6D	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A406B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.108 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876997',
    500: '#552f6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f6d;
$custom-light: #876997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 39.744,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38253,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F6D

secondary

#749E59

accent

#D05886

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F6D

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

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