#552A62#552A62

#552A62 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.104 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A62
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 98)
HSL	hsl(286, 40%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 29.91, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 39.03, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0771 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.104 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7786, 4.4693, 12.0585)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A62 #37622A

analogous

#392A62 #552A62 #622A53

triadic

#552A62 #62552A #2A6255

tetradic

#552A62 #62392A #37622A #2A5362

square

#552A62 #62392A #37622A #2A5362

split-complementary

#552A62 #53622A #2A6239

monochromatic

#130915 #301837 #552A62 #7A3C8D #9E52B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#552A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#552A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A62

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A62	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.104 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86668f',
    500: '#552a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a62;
$custom-light: #86668f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.071,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36743,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A62

secondary

#639453

accent

#D05874

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A62

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

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