#552F70#552F70

#552F70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.112 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F70
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 112)
HSL	hsl(275, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 58%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 30.39, -31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 43.42, 314.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0707 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.112 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6869, 5.1343, 15.9122)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F70 #4A702F

analogous

#342F70 #552F70 #702F6A

triadic

#552F70 #70552F #2F7055

tetradic

#552F70 #70342F #4A702F #2F6A70

square

#552F70 #70342F #4A702F #2F6A70

split-complementary

#552F70 #6A702F #2F7034

monochromatic

#140B1A #341D45 #552F70 #76419B #955EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#552F70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552F70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F70

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F70	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28416E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.112 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876999',
    500: '#552f70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f70;
$custom-light: #876999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.077,
    "s": 40.881,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38449,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F70

secondary

#77A15A

accent

#D1578A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F70

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

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