#552A6A#552A6A

#552A6A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.113 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A6A
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 31.80, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 43.38, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0777 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.113 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1754, 4.6280, 14.1482)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A6A #3F6A2A

analogous

#352A6A #552A6A #6A2A5F

triadic

#552A6A #6A552A #2A6A55

tetradic

#552A6A #6A352A #3F6A2A #2A5F6A

square

#552A6A #6A352A #3F6A2A #2A5F6A

split-complementary

#552A6A #5F6A2A #2A6A35

monochromatic

#120916 #32193E #552A6A #783B96 #9953BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#552A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#552A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A6A

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A6A	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#173A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.113 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876695',
    500: '#552a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a6a;
$custom-light: #876695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.313,
    "s": 43.243,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37252,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A6A

secondary

#6B9C54

accent

#D3557E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A6A

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

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