#552F76#552F76

#552F76 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.120 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F76
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 60.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 31.93, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 46.80, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0709 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.12 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0322, 5.2724, 17.7306)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F76 #50762F

analogous

#322F76 #552F76 #762F73

triadic

#552F76 #76552F #2F7655

tetradic

#552F76 #76322F #50762F #2F7376

square

#552F76 #76322F #50762F #2F7376

split-complementary

#552F76 #73762F #2F7632

monochromatic

#160C1E #351E4A #552F76 #7540A2 #9360C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#552F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#552F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F76

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F76	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.120 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87699e',
    500: '#552f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f76;
$custom-light: #87699e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 43.03,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38854,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F76

secondary

#7EA75A

accent

#D3558F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F76

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

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