#552F73#552F73

#552F73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.116 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F73
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 59.1%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, 31.15, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 45.11, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0708 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.116 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8567, 5.2022, 16.8066)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F73 #4D732F

analogous

#332F73 #552F73 #732F6F

triadic

#552F73 #73552F #2F7355

tetradic

#552F73 #73332F #4D732F #2F6F73

square

#552F73 #73332F #4D732F #2F6F73

split-complementary

#552F73 #6F732F #2F7333

monochromatic

#150B1C #351D48 #552F73 #75419E #945FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#552F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#552F73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F73

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F73	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.116 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699c',
    500: '#552f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f73;
$custom-light: #87699c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38649,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F73

secondary

#7BA45A

accent

#D2568D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F73

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

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