#552A66#552A66

#552A66 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.109 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A66
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 102)
HSL	hsl(283, 42%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 59%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 58.8%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 30.85, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 41.19, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0774 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.109 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9722, 4.5468, 13.0781)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A66 #3B662A

analogous

#372A66 #552A66 #662A59

triadic

#552A66 #66552A #2A6655

tetradic

#552A66 #66372A #3B662A #2A5966

square

#552A66 #66372A #3B662A #2A5966

split-complementary

#552A66 #59662A #2A6637

monochromatic

#120916 #31183B #552A66 #793C91 #9B52B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#552A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#552A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A66

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A66	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.109 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876692',
    500: '#552a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a66;
$custom-light: #876692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36993,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A66

secondary

#679854

accent

#D15679

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A66

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

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