#552B69#552B69

#552B69 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.110 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B69
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 105)
HSL	hsl(281, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 59%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 30.99, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 42.17, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0762 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.11 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1596, 4.6792, 13.8879)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B69 #3F692B

analogous

#362B69 #552B69 #692B5E

triadic

#552B69 #69552B #2B6955

tetradic

#552B69 #69362B #3F692B #2B5E69

square

#552B69 #69362B #3F692B #2B5E69

split-complementary

#552B69 #5E692B #2B6936

monochromatic

#120916 #32193E #552B69 #783D94 #9955B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#552B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#552B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B69

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B69	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.110 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876694',
    500: '#552b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b69;
$custom-light: #876694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37344,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B69

secondary

#6B9B55

accent

#D2567E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B69

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

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