#552B60#552B60

#552B60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.100 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B60
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(288, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(288, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 28.87, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 37.29, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0753 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.1 319)
XYZ	xyz(6.7212, 4.5038, 11.5793)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B60 #36602B

analogous

#3B2B60 #552B60 #602B51

triadic

#552B60 #60552B #2B6055

tetradic

#552B60 #603B2B #36602B #2B5160

square

#552B60 #603B2B #36602B #2B5160

split-complementary

#552B60 #51602B #2B603B

monochromatic

#130915 #301836 #552B60 #7A3E8A #9E53B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#552B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#552B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B60

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B60	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#213962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.100 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86668d',
    500: '#552b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b60;
$custom-light: #86668d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.547,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36784,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.04504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B60

secondary

#619255

accent

#CE5A72

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B60

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

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