#552B58#552B58

#552B58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.091 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B58
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 88)
HSL	hsl(296, 34%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(296, 51%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 51.1%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 27.08, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 33.09, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.074 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.091 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3715, 4.3639, 9.7373)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B58 #2E582B

analogous

#3E2B58 #552B58 #582B44

triadic

#552B58 #58552B #2B5855

tetradic

#552B58 #583E2B #2E582B #2B4458

square

#552B58 #583E2B #2E582B #2B4458

split-complementary

#552B58 #44582B #2B583E

monochromatic

#140A15 #2D172F #552B58 #7D3F81 #A453AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#552B58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#552B58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B58

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B58	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26385A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.091 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866687',
    500: '#552b58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b58;
$custom-light: #866687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 34.351,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36323,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B58

secondary

#588A55

accent

#CA5D65

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B58

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

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