#552C5F#552C5F

#552C5F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.097 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C5F
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 95)
HSL	hsl(288, 37%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(288, 54%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 53.7%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 28.05, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 36.07, 321.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0736 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.097 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7123, 4.5591, 11.3507)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C5F #365F2C

analogous

#3B2C5F #552C5F #5F2C50

triadic

#552C5F #5F552C #2C5F55

tetradic

#552C5F #5F3B2C #365F2C #2C505F

square

#552C5F #5F3B2C #365F2C #2C505F

split-complementary

#552C5F #505F2C #2C5F3B

monochromatic

#130A15 #301935 #552C5F #7A3F89 #9E55B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#552C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#552C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C5F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C5F	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#233961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.097 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86678c',
    500: '#552c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c5f;
$custom-light: #86678c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 36.691,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3689,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C5F

secondary

#619156

accent

#CD5B71

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C5F

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

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