#552156#552156

#552156 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.107 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552156
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 86)
HSL	hsl(299, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(299, 62%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 61.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 32.27, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 38.60, 326.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0894 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.107 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9698, 3.6913, 9.2003)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552156 #225621

analogous

#3A2156 #552156 #56213C

triadic

#552156 #565521 #215655

tetradic

#552156 #563A21 #225621 #213C56

square

#552156 #563A21 #225621 #213C56

split-complementary

#552156 #3C5621 #21563A

monochromatic

#160816 #29102A #552156 #813282 #AC43AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#552156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552156

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552156	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.107 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876086',
    500: '#552156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552156;
$custom-light: #876086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.868,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34655,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552156

secondary

#4A8A49

accent

#D45456

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552156

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

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