#552A63#552A63

#552A63 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.105 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A63
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 99)
HSL	hsl(285, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(285, 58%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 57.6%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 30.14, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 39.57, 319.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0772 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.105 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8261, 4.4883, 12.3087)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A63 #38632A

analogous

#382A63 #552A63 #632A55

triadic

#552A63 #63552A #2A6355

tetradic

#552A63 #63382A #38632A #2A5563

square

#552A63 #63382A #38632A #2A5563

split-complementary

#552A63 #55632A #2A6338

monochromatic

#120915 #301838 #552A63 #7A3C8E #9D52B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#552A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#552A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A63

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A63	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.105 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876690',
    500: '#552a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a63;
$custom-light: #876690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36805,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A63

secondary

#649553

accent

#D05875

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A63

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

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