#552B6A#552B6A

#552B6A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.112 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B6A
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 59%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 59.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 31.23, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 42.72, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0762 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.112 313)
XYZ	xyz(7.2113, 4.6998, 14.1602)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B6A #406A2B

analogous

#362B6A #552B6A #6A2B60

triadic

#552B6A #6A552B #2B6A55

tetradic

#552B6A #6A362B #406A2B #2B606A

square

#552B6A #6A362B #406A2B #2B606A

split-complementary

#552B6A #606A2B #2B6A36

monochromatic

#110916 #32193E #552B6A #783D96 #9955BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#552B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#552B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B6A

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B6A	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.112 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876695',
    500: '#552b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b6a;
$custom-light: #876695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 42.282,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37409,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B6A

secondary

#6D9C55

accent

#D2567F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B6A

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

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