#552F74#552F74

#552F74 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.117 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F74
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 116)
HSL	hsl(273, 42%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 59.5%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 31.41, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 45.67, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0709 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.117 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9146, 5.2254, 17.1113)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F74 #4E742F

analogous

#332F74 #552F74 #742F71

triadic

#552F74 #74552F #2F7455

tetradic

#552F74 #74332F #4E742F #2F7174

square

#552F74 #74332F #4E742F #2F7174

split-complementary

#552F74 #71742F #2F7433

monochromatic

#150C1D #351D48 #552F74 #7541A0 #945FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#552F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F74

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F74	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#163F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.117 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699c',
    500: '#552f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f74;
$custom-light: #87699c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 42.331,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38717,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F74

secondary

#7CA55A

accent

#D2568E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F74

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

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