#552C68#552C68

#552C68 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.108 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C68
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 104)
HSL	hsl(281, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 58%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 57.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 30.17, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 40.96, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0746 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.108 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1453, 4.7323, 13.6311)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C68 #3F682C

analogous

#372C68 #552C68 #682C5D

triadic

#552C68 #68552C #2C6855

tetradic

#552C68 #68372C #3F682C #2C5D68

square

#552C68 #68372C #3F682C #2C5D68

split-complementary

#552C68 #5D682C #2C6837

monochromatic

#120916 #321A3D #552C68 #783E93 #9957B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#552C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#552C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C68

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C68	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.108 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876793',
    500: '#552c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c68;
$custom-light: #876793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37441,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C68

secondary

#6B9A56

accent

#D0577E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C68

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

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