#552B65#552B65

#552B65 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.106 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B65
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 101)
HSL	hsl(283, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 57%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 30.03, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 39.98, 318.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0758 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.106 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9588, 4.5989, 12.8305)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B65 #3B652B

analogous

#382B65 #552B65 #652B58

triadic

#552B65 #65552B #2B6555

tetradic

#552B65 #65382B #3B652B #2B5865

square

#552B65 #65382B #3B652B #2B5865

split-complementary

#552B65 #58652B #2B6538

monochromatic

#120915 #31193A #552B65 #793D90 #9B54B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#552B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#552B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B65

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B65	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3A67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.106 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876691',
    500: '#552b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b65;
$custom-light: #876691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 40.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3709,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B65

secondary

#679755

accent

#D05879

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B65

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

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