#552A65#552A65

#552A65 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.107 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A65
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 101)
HSL	hsl(284, 41%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(284, 58%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 30.61, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 40.65, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0774 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.107 316)
XYZ	xyz(6.9229, 4.5270, 12.8185)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A65 #3A652A

analogous

#372A65 #552A65 #652A57

triadic

#552A65 #65552A #2A6555

tetradic

#552A65 #65372A #3A652A #2A5765

square

#552A65 #65372A #3A652A #2A5765

split-complementary

#552A65 #57652A #2A6537

monochromatic

#120916 #31183A #552A65 #793C90 #9C52B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#552A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#552A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A65

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A65	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.107 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876691',
    500: '#552a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a65;
$custom-light: #876691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.729,
    "s": 41.259,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3693,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.04527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A65

secondary

#669753

accent

#D15778

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A65

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

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