#552F7D#552F7D

#552F7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.129 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F7D
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 62.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 33.77, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 50.75, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0709 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.129 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4637, 5.4450, 20.0032)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F7D #577D2F

analogous

#2F307D #552F7D #7C2F7D

triadic

#552F7D #7D552F #2F7D55

tetradic

#552F7D #7D2F30 #577D2F #2F7D7C

square

#552F7D #7D2F30 #577D2F #2F7D7C

split-complementary

#552F7D #7D7C2F #307D2F

monochromatic

#190E24 #371E51 #552F7D #7340A9 #9262C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#552F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#552F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F7D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F7D	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06417F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.129 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869a3',
    500: '#552f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f7d;
$custom-light: #8869a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 45.349,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39347,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F7D

secondary

#85AB5D

accent

#D55396

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F7D

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

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