#552B50#552B50

#552B50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.082 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B50
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 80)
HSL	hsl(307, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(307, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 25.39, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 29.16, 330.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.0722 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.082 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0581, 4.2386, 8.0869)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B50 #2B5530

analogous

#452B55 #552B50 #552B3B

triadic

#552B50 #50552B #2B5055

tetradic

#552B50 #55452B #2B5530 #2B3B55

square

#552B50 #55452B #2B5530 #2B3B55

split-complementary

#552B50 #3B552B #2B5545

monochromatic

#140A13 #2C162A #552B50 #7E4076 #A6549C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#552B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#552B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B50

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B50	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.082 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866681',
    500: '#552b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b50;
$custom-light: #866681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.143,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.359,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B50

secondary

#55875B

accent

#C96B5F

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B50

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

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