#552F79#552F79

#552F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.123 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F79
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 44%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 32.71, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 48.50, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0709 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.124 305)
XYZ	xyz(8.2133, 5.3448, 18.6844)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F79 #53792F

analogous

#302F79 #552F79 #792F78

triadic

#552F79 #79552F #2F7955

tetradic

#552F79 #79302F #53792F #2F7879

square

#552F79 #79302F #53792F #2F7879

split-complementary

#552F79 #78792F #2F7930

monochromatic

#170D21 #361E4D #552F79 #7440A5 #9361C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#552F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#552F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F79

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F79	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F407B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.123 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a0',
    500: '#552f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f79;
$custom-light: #8869a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 44.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39062,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.05345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F79

secondary

#81A85B

accent

#D45492

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F79

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

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