#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
RGBrgb(85, 44, 95)
HSLhsl(288, 37%, 27%)
HSVhsv(288, 54%, 37%)
CMYKcmyk(10.5%, 53.7%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LABlab(25.44, 28.05, -22.68)
CIE-LCHlch(25.44, 36.07, 321.04°)
OKLaboklab(36.89% 0.0736 -0.0628)
OKLCHoklch(36.89% 0.097 319.5)
XYZxyz(6.7123, 4.5591, 11.3507)
Luminance0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##552C5F1.0010.981.9110.98
#FFFFFF10.981.0021.001.00
#0000001.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.981.0021.001.00

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

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#552C5F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva