#552A64#552A64

#552A64 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.106 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A64
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 100)
HSL	hsl(284, 41%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(284, 58%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 58%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 30.38, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 40.10, 319.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0773 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.106 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8742, 4.5076, 12.5621)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A64 #39642A

analogous

#382A64 #552A64 #642A56

triadic

#552A64 #64552A #2A6455

tetradic

#552A64 #64382A #39642A #2A5664

square

#552A64 #64382A #39642A #2A5664

split-complementary

#552A64 #56642A #2A6438

monochromatic

#120916 #301839 #552A64 #7A3C8F #9C52B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#552A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#552A64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A64

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A64	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.106 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876690',
    500: '#552a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a64;
$custom-light: #876690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.483,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36867,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A64

secondary

#659653

accent

#D15777

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A64

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

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