#552A68#552A68

#552A68 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.111 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A68
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 104)
HSL	hsl(282, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 31.32, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 42.28, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0776 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.111 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0726, 4.5869, 13.6068)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A68 #3D682A

analogous

#362A68 #552A68 #682A5C

triadic

#552A68 #68552A #2A6855

tetradic

#552A68 #68362A #3D682A #2A5C68

square

#552A68 #68362A #3D682A #2A5C68

split-complementary

#552A68 #5C682A #2A6836

monochromatic

#120916 #31183C #552A68 #793C94 #9A53B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#552A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#552A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A68

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A68	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293E66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.111 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876693',
    500: '#552a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a68;
$custom-light: #876693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.613,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37122,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A68

secondary

#699A54

accent

#D2567C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A68

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

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