#552A4E#552A4E

#552A4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.082 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A4E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(310, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(310, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 25.59, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 28.93, 332.18°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0734 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.082 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9494, 4.1376, 7.6915)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A4E #2A5531

analogous

#462A55 #552A4E #552A39

triadic

#552A4E #4E552A #2A4E55

tetradic

#552A4E #55462A #2A5531 #2A3955

square

#552A4E #55462A #2A5531 #2A3955

split-complementary

#552A4E #39552A #2A5546

monochromatic

#140A13 #2C1628 #552A4E #7E3E74 #A75299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#552A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A4E

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A4E	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29354F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.082 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86657f',
    500: '#552a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a4e;
$custom-light: #86657f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.767,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35627,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A4E

secondary

#53875C

accent

#CA6F5E

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A4E

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