#552F6E#552F6E

#552F6E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.110 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F6E
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 110)
HSL	hsl(276, 40%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 57.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 29.88, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 42.29, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0706 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.11 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5768, 5.0903, 15.3322)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F6E #486E2F

analogous

#352F6E #552F6E #6E2F67

triadic

#552F6E #6E552F #2F6E55

tetradic

#552F6E #6E352F #486E2F #2F676E

square

#552F6E #6E352F #486E2F #2F676E

split-complementary

#552F6E #676E2F #2F6E35

monochromatic

#130A18 #341D43 #552F6E #764199 #955DBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#552F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F6E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F6E	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29406C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.110 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876998',
    500: '#552f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f6e;
$custom-light: #876998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.19,
    "s": 40.127,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38318,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F6E

secondary

#759F59

accent

#D05887

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F6E

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

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