#552F6F#552F6F

#552F6F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.111 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F6F
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 111)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 57.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 30.14, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 42.86, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0706 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.111 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6315, 5.1122, 15.6206)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F6F #496F2F

analogous

#352F6F #552F6F #6F2F69

triadic

#552F6F #6F552F #2F6F55

tetradic

#552F6F #6F352F #496F2F #2F696F

square

#552F6F #6F352F #496F2F #2F696F

split-complementary

#552F6F #696F2F #2F6F35

monochromatic

#130B19 #341D44 #552F6F #76419A #955EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#552F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#552F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F6F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F6F	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28416D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.111 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876999',
    500: '#552f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f6f;
$custom-light: #876999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 40.506,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38383,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F6F

secondary

#76A059

accent

#D05789

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F6F

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

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