#552B68#552B68

#552B68 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.109 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B68
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 104)
HSL	hsl(281, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 30.75, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 41.63, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0761 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.109 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1085, 4.6587, 13.6188)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B68 #3E682B

analogous

#372B68 #552B68 #682B5D

triadic

#552B68 #68552B #2B6855

tetradic

#552B68 #68372B #3E682B #2B5D68

square

#552B68 #68372B #3E682B #2B5D68

split-complementary

#552B68 #5D682B #2B6837

monochromatic

#120916 #32193D #552B68 #783D93 #9A55B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#552B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#552B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B68

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B68	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293E66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.109 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876693',
    500: '#552b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b68;
$custom-light: #876693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.311,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3728,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B68

secondary

#6A9A55

accent

#D1567D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B68

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

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