#552A50#552A50

#552A50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.084 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A50
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 80)
HSL	hsl(307, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(307, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 25.99, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 29.85, 330.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0739 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.084 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0222, 4.1668, 8.0749)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A50 #2A552F

analogous

#452A55 #552A50 #552A3A

triadic

#552A50 #50552A #2A5055

tetradic

#552A50 #55452A #2A552F #2A3A55

square

#552A50 #55452A #2A552F #2A3A55

split-complementary

#552A50 #3A552A #2A5545

monochromatic

#140A13 #2C1629 #552A50 #7E3E77 #A7529D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#552A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A50

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A50	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.084 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866581',
    500: '#552a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a50;
$custom-light: #866581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.977,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35728,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A50

secondary

#53875A

accent

#CA6A5E

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A50

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

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