#552A69#552A69

#552A69 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.112 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A69
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 105)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 60%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 31.56, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 42.83, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0776 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.112 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1237, 4.6073, 13.8759)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A69 #3E692A

analogous

#362A69 #552A69 #692A5E

triadic

#552A69 #69552A #2A6955

tetradic

#552A69 #69362A #3E692A #2A5E69

square

#552A69 #69362A #3E692A #2A5E69

split-complementary

#552A69 #5E692A #2A6936

monochromatic

#120916 #32193D #552A69 #783B95 #9A53BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#552A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#552A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A69

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A69	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.112 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876694',
    500: '#552a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a69;
$custom-light: #876694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.952,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37187,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A69

secondary

#6A9B54

accent

#D3557D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A69

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

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