#552F71#552F71

#552F71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.113 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F71
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 30.64, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 43.98, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0707 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.113 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7429, 5.1567, 16.2070)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F71 #4B712F

analogous

#342F71 #552F71 #712F6C

triadic

#552F71 #71552F #2F7155

tetradic

#552F71 #71342F #4B712F #2F6C71

square

#552F71 #71342F #4B712F #2F6C71

split-complementary

#552F71 #6C712F #2F7134

monochromatic

#140B1B #341D46 #552F71 #76419C #945EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#552F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#552F71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F71

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F71	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27416F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.113 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699a',
    500: '#552f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f71;
$custom-light: #87699a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 41.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38515,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F71

secondary

#78A25A

accent

#D1578B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F71

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

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